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How does Canada's healthcare system compare to other high-income countries in terms of cost and performance?
How does Canada's healthcare system compare to other high-income countries in terms of cost and performance?
Canada's healthcare system is one of the most expensive universal-access systems in the OECD, but its performance is modest to poor compared to other high-income countries.
What approach was used to compare the cost and performance of 28 universal health-care systems?
What approach was used to compare the cost and performance of 28 universal health-care systems?
A "value for money approach" was used to compare the cost and performance of 28 universal health-care systems.
What is the imbalance between the value Canadians receive and the amount of money they spend on their health-care system?
What is the imbalance between the value Canadians receive and the amount of money they spend on their health-care system?
There is an imbalance between the value Canadians receive and the relatively high amount of money they spend on their health-care system.
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- Canada's healthcare system is among the most expensive universal-access systems in the OECD.
- However, its performance is modest to poor compared to other high-income countries.
- A "value for money approach" was used to compare the cost and performance of 28 universal health-care systems.
- Canada spends more on healthcare than most high-income OECD countries with universal health-care systems.
- Canada has substantially fewer medical resources than many peer jurisdictions that spend comparable amounts of money on healthcare.
- Canada's performance is mixed in terms of use of resources, performing at higher rates than the average OECD country on under half the indicators examined.
- Canada ranked last (or close to last) on four of four indicators of timeliness of care.
- Canada's performance for availability and access to resources is generally below that of the average OECD country.
- Canada's performance for use of resources and quality and clinical performance is mixed.
- There is an imbalance between the value Canadians receive and the relatively high amount of money they spend on their health-care system.
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