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  • September 28, 2012
    By Michael Law Published in the Toronto Star, September 27, 2012 Would you pay $60 for a large coffee at Tim Hortons? How about $500,000 for a Toyota Corolla? You probably wouldn’t, but consider this: compared to other countries, this is how inflated Canadian prices are for some generic prescription drugs. That our generic drug prices are high is no great secret, and recently nearly... Read More
  • June 21, 2012
    There’s been a seismic shift in health policy taking place in Canada that has been largely ignored by the mainstream media and gone unnoticed by the general public. Provinces are starting to change the way they fund hospitals. This is no small change and will directly affect the care patients receive – potentially improving access to hospital care.   Ontario and British... Read More
  • June 20, 2012
    There’s been a seismic shift in health policy taking place in Canada that has been largely ignored by the mainstream media and gone unnoticed by the general public. Provinces are starting to change the way they fund hospitals. This is no small change and will directly affect the care patients receive – potentially improving access to hospital care. Ontario and British Columbia, for... Read More
  • June 5, 2012
    Dr. Michael Law, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research has been awarded the 2012 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Article of the Year Award. CIHR’s IHSPR is dedicated to supporting the advancement of health services and policy research in Canada. This award recognizes published research that has ‘significantly contributed... Read More
  • May 31, 2012
    Watch our short interview with Sabrina Wong; Associate Professor, UBC School of Nursing and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research on her work, and her CAHSPR presentation: Towards Measuring the Balanace: Equity Oriented Primary Health Care Indicators.
  • May 15, 2012
    A new study suggests B.C. workers are suffering increasingly grievous injuries. Older women in health care are among those most vulnerable to getting seriously hurt. http://www.worksafebc.com/publications/newsletters/worksafe_magazine/Assets/PDF/current/WorkScience.pdf
  • May 9, 2012
    CHSPR Assistant Professor, Jason Sutherland, has been named as the Canadian Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice. These fellowships, sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund, provide an opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to... Read More
  • May 4, 2012
    Drug spending by Canadians in the public and private sectors slowed in 2011, reaching an estimated $32 billion, according to a new report.   The Canadian Institute for Health Information's report, Drug expenditure in Canada, 1985 to 2011, showed drug spending is still increasing but the annual rate of increase is the lowest in 15 years.   The slowing in spending may reflect... Read More
  • May 3, 2012
    Of the dozens of promises rolled out on Alberta’s campaign trail, few have proven more controversial than one: family care clinics. The collaborative care clinics – a model used in several other provinces- would put nurses, doctors and other practitioners under one roof. The notion of more community-level health care is, of course, popular in theory, and experts agree... Read More
  • May 3, 2012
    EDMONTON - Premier Alison Redford’s election promise to build 140 family care clinics across Alberta has raised questions about the future of health care delivery in the province, experts say. Doctors, health policy professors and opposition parties are now waiting for Redford to explain how the new clinics will integrate with existing medical care, how she will measure success, and how... Read More

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