The long-term increase in international health spending sparked concerns about sustainability of health care systems but also the impact of such spending and the value for money from health spending. The period since 1975 has witnessed an increase in per capita health spending in Canada along...

This discussion document estimates the contribution of the public sector, business and households in the financing of total health expenditures in Canada in 2006. It suggests a detailed methodological framework to come up with such an estimate. Total health expenditures without taking into...

Public spending on health in Canada has reach $121 billion in 2008; an average annual increase of 7.4% compared to the 1998 level. For the same period, total government revenue has grown at an average annual rate of 5.2%. This fact has led some stakeholders to conclude that health spending is...

This document concentrates on the changes to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) allocation and the most effective way to evenly distribute the CHT budget across provinces. Three main formulas were considered throughout the study: the current allocation under the Ten Year Plan to Strengthen...