Helpful Resources
National health expenditure trends | Canadian Institute for Health Information
Int’l Public Healthcare Spending | Taxes & Public Healthcare | Our World in Data
Primary Care Data Explorer | OurCare
Myth: "Privatization" can help everyone access health care | Canadian Doctors for Medicare
Debunking Big Pharma’s Myths about Pharmacare | Joel Lexchin, The Tyee
Leading with the good news in family medicine | Danielle Martin, Healthy Debate
Contribution of primary care to health systems and health | Barbara Starfield et al, Milbank Quarterly
An idea to streamline the operating room got patients into surgery sooner | CBC News
Inside a Toronto plan to slash one of Ontario’s most stubborn surgery backlogs | The Star
Private surgeries don’t resolve wait times | Rebecca Graff-McRae, Calgary Herald
Public funding for private for-profit centres and access to cataract surgery by patient socioeconomic status | Robert J. Campbell et al, CMAJ
At What Cost? Ontario hospital privatization and the threat to public health care | Andrew Longhurst, CCPA
Private equity: health care’s vampire | Steffie Woolhandler et al, Stat News
Private Equity’s Role in Health Care | Commonwealth Fund
The Jaws of Private Equity Are Slavering for Canadian Health Service Businesses | David Moscrop, Jacobin
Thanks for paying to have my teeth cleaned | Irfan Dhalla, Healthy Debate