Conversations That Matter: Canada's health care in crisis

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Krystale Wittevronge, head of research at the Montreal Economic Institute, discusses heath care and how other developed countries handle it

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Stu McNish • Special To The Sun

Published Sep 20, 2024 • 1 minute read

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. ERs are regularly shut, diagnostic services and surgeries are backlogged, making timely access to health care extremely challenging.

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According to a Research Co poll, “pessimistic views on health care have taken hold in Canada.” The proportion of Canadians who think the system should be rebuilt climbed to 23 per cent in 2024.

“That’s a startling number. It demonstrates that Canadians believe it is time to drastically change the system,” says Krystle Wittevrongel, director of research at the Montreal Economic Institute.

“One of the many impediments to the delivery of health care” says Wittervrongel, “is our funding model. Hospitals receive a global budget at the beginning of the fiscal year. That money is fixed, based on an expected number of procedures based on historical volumes. This funding model has been replaced in most OECD countries with activity based funding.”

Wittevrongel joined a Conversations That Matters about healing our ailing health care system. Learn More about our guests career at careersthatmatter.ca

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