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A simple solution to Alberta’s ailing healthcare system
Moving to an activity-based funding model would improve efficiency and reduce wait times in the Alberta healthcare system.
MEI – Pharmacist-led clinics improve access to health care – Krystle Wittevrongel
May 13, 2024 | 9 min. 30 sec. | CHED Afternoons (630 CHED) Interview with Krystle Wittevrongel, Senior Policy Analyst and Alberta […]
IEDM – Les pharmaciens comme solution à l’engorgement aux urgences – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
May 10, 2024 | 8 min. 31 sec. | Alexis Le Matin (106,9 FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist […]
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Pharmacist-Led Clinics Improve Access to Primary Care: Alberta Paves the Way
Emulating Alberta’s pharmacist-led clinic model could enhance access to primary care and help avoid unnecessary emergency room visits, according to this study from the Montreal Economic Institute.
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Canada’s health care sickness
European countries like France, Sweden, and Germany are proof that the private sector can easily help provide universal and efficient healthcare coverage.
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Activity-Based Hospital Funding in Alberta: Insights from Quebec and Australia
Adopting activity-based funding for hospitals in Alberta could shorten wait times and improve productivity, according to this MEI study. “Our current hospital funding model incentivizes treating the fewest patients possible, as each new patient represents an additional cost,” explains Krystle Wittevrongel, Senior Public Policy Analyst and Alberta Project Lead at the MEI.
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REACTION: Large geriatric clinics bear no resemblance to the mini-hospitals that were promised
Montreal, April 16, 2024 – By switching from private mini-hospitals to geriatric clinics, the Legault government is breaking its election promise, says a researcher at the Montreal Economic Institute.
ER Wait Times: Quebec Patients Must Be Patient Indeed
Quebec patients really do have to be patient. In the Anna-Laberge hospital’s emergency room, a typical visit lasted 13 hours and 4 minutes last year. It would be quicker to hop on a flight to Paris and get treated at the hospital closest to the airport.
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Healthcare in Canada 2024 – Ipsos poll commissioned by the MEI
Dissatisfied with the state of their provincial health care systems, a majority of Canadians are open to greater reliance on the private sector, according to this MEI-Ipsos poll.
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C’est long longtemps dans les urgences du Québec
Le fait est que notre système de santé manque de capacité de traitement. Que vous vous présentiez en clinique externe, en salle d’urgence ou que vous ayez besoin d’une opération non-urgente, l’attente est un symptôme de ce manque de capacité.