Portrait of the supply and demand for private health care services in Quebec.

Portrait of the supply and demand for private health care services in Québec.

Portrait of the supply and demand for private health care services in Quebec.

Quebec is one of the provinces in which private medicine has developed rapidly in recent years. This trend coincides with a large number of Quebecers being unable to find a family doctor and with lengthening wait times both for undergoing treatment after a diagnosis and for being seen by a doctor in a hospital emergency room. How many private clinics are there, and how many doctors have left the public system in Quebec? Why do patients resort to private medicine?

Portrait of the supply and demand for private health care services in Quebec.

Excessive regulation of the pharmaceutical sector.

How to control the rising costs of health care.

The adverse effects of policies aiming to reduce public expenses on prescription drugs.

The adverse effects of policies aiming to reduce public expenses on prescription drugs.

The adverse effects of policies aiming to reduce public expenses on prescription drugs.