MEI – A worrying exodus of young nurses from our healthcare system – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
September 24, 2024 | 8 min. 55 sec. | The Elias Makos Show (CJAD AM) Interview with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with […]
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Which Provinces Struggle the Most to Keep Young Nurses?
Canadian health care systems struggle to hold on to their young nurses, reveals this MEI publication. “For every 100 nurses we train in the country, 40 are leaving the profession before their 35th birthday,” states Emmanuelle B. Faubert, economist at the MEI and co-author of the publication.
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Reduce wait times by allowing patients to seek care out of country
The European Union has set an example for how to reduce health-care waitlists. Canada should follow suit.
MEI – Canada’s Health Care in Crisis – Krystle Wittevrongel
Canada’s vaunted health care system is in crisis. According to the “ourCare” national survey, more than 6.5 million people – that’s one in five Canadian adults – do not have access to a family doctor or a nurse practitioner that they can see for regular care. Interview with Krystle Wittevrongel, Director of Research at the MEI, published on Conversations That Matter on September 20, 2024.
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Les patients canadiens devraient avoir accès au même choix que les patients européens
La couverture publique des soins transfrontaliers permettrait au Canada de mieux répondre aux besoins des patients et d’avoir des systèmes de santé plus efficaces.
IEDM – Les soins transfrontaliers: une solution aux délais médicaux? – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
September 13, 2024 | 12 min. 33 sec. | La croisée (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with […]
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Can Cross-Border Healthcare Be the Safety Valve for Waiting Lists in Canada?
Allowing Canadian patients to get reimbursed from the government for care received outside the country – just like Europeans do – would help reduce waiting times, according to this Economic Note published jointly by the Montreal Economic Institute and SecondStreet.org.
Federal Transfers Outpaced Increases to Provincial Health Budgets
Interview with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications at the MEI. Broadcast on The News Forum’s Forum Daily on September 5, 2024.
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Involvement of non-governmental health operators could boost access to health care in Alberta, if done properly, says MEI researcher
Calgary, September 3, 2024 – If properly executed, the Smith government’s plans to have management of some hospitals transferred to independent operators could help improve access to health care, according to a researcher at the Montreal Economic Institute.
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L’autonomie des hôpitaux sans but lucratif
Au lieu de laisser les politiciens et les fonctionnaires gérer nos hôpitaux depuis de grandes tours dans nos capitales provinciales, nous devrions donner au personnel de première ligne un meilleur contrôle local sur nos établissements hospitaliers.