Health Council Canada Sept 2013: Better health, better care, better value for all: Refocusing health care reform in Canada

Report



Today, the Health Council of Canada releases its latest report, Better health, better care, better value for all, showing that a decade of health care reform in Canada has produced disappointing results for taxpayers and patients alike.
The report finds that with some exceptions, changes to health care have not kept pace with the evolving needs of Canadians:

• Progress on wait times for key procedures cited in the Health Accords has stalled.
• Primary health care services lag behind other countries.
• Home care services do not address long-term needs.
• Prescription drug costs remain beyond the means of many Canadians

Supporting Materials:
News release: Health Council of Canada report on decade of health reform finds governments’ status quo approach is failing Canadians
Fact sheet
Table 1: Changes in care Canadians have received over the last decade and Canada’s international ranking
Table 2: Changes in Canadians’ health over the last decade and Canada’s international ranking
Figure 3: An approach to achieving a high-performing health system in Canada 

Table 2

At 218 deaths per 100,000, Canada
ranks seventh out of 11 countries
in cancer mortality. (Best: Switzerland,
188 per 100,000