A study by University of Victoria researchers aims to help older adults and their families navigate long-term-care services more effectively while advising decision-makers on ways to improve the health system. The project is co-funded by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The research “will provide new […]
Courtesy of the The Canadian Pharmacists Association has submitted a brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance as part of its annual pre-budget consultation process. The brief makes a number of recommendations to the federal government on how the next federal budget can help to improve health care, and more specifically pharmaceutical […]
More public and private dollars are being spent to purchase pharmaceuticals for Canadians each and every year. At a time when flattening the healthcare cost curve is at the top of many government agendas, the Health Council of Canada is pleased to see the recent attention paid to controlling drug costs and particularly the costs […]
Government intervention in prescription drug markets in Canada produces no overall cost-savings for consumers, compared to relatively more free market-based policy approaches in the United States, concludes a new report from the Fraser Institute, a Canadian public policy think-tank. “Much of Canada’s prescription drug policy is based on the assumption that greater government intervention in […]