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Accès refusé aux soins de première ligne, et si on s’inspirait de l’Allemagne et des Pays-Bas?
Alors que les temps d’attente augmentent et que les problèmes d’accès persistent partout au Canada, nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de maintenir l’ordre établi.
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REACTION: More public health care will not solve our access problems
Montreal, November 5, 2024 – Independent clinics and care providers help improve access to health care, points out an MEI researcher in reaction to recent statements by Health Minister Christian Dubé.
MEI – Nearly one million unnecessary ER visits highlight Canada’s primary care crisis – Krystle Wittevrongel
November 4, 2024 | 10 min. 09 sec. | The Elias Makos Show (CJAD 800) Interview with Krystle Wittevrongel, Director of Research […]
IEDM – Un million de visites évitables à l’urgence – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
November 2, 2024 | 10 min. 50 sec. | Que Québec se lève (FM93) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with […]
IEDM – L’IEDM propose un accès direct aux spécialistes de la santé – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
November 1st, 2024 | 7 min. 15 sec. | Des matins en or (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, […]
IEDM – Les gens qui se présentent à l’urgence… et qui ne devraient s’y rendre! – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
October 31, 2024 | 16 min. 17 sec. | Midi Pile (KYK Radio) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with […]
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International Health Perspectives: Comparing Primary Care in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands
Taking inspiration from German and Dutch health systems could help improve access to primary care providers such as family doctors, according to this MEI publication. “The lack of access to primary care providers such as family doctors is being felt in other parts of our health system, which are forced to deal with more numerous and more acute cases,” explains Krystle Wittevrongel, co-author of the publication.
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Canada is hemorrhaging nurses
The provincial government’s attempt to force nurses to work for its own system, rather than for independent agencies, has backfired, and patients have suffered the cost.
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Mr. Houston, we have a health-care problem
While travel nursing agencies are costly, they are not the problem, so much as they are a symptom of the way our health system is run. And until the government of Nova Scotia tackles this personnel retention problem, the province’s healthcare woes will remain.
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Code bleu: le Canada perd ses infirmières
Bien que de nombreuses jeunes infirmières joignent les rangs de notre système de santé, elles quittent aussi la profession à des taux record.