  Media Release - Canada Health Consumer Index 2011In many areas of public policy, health care included, performance evaluation is often based on the measurement of inputs and certain types of easily measurable outputs that do not necessarily reflect the effectiveness or efficiency of the program or policy. In health policy, counting resource inputs such as hospital beds and doctors per capita does not tell us very much about the care that consumers actually receive. The amount of time the average person has to wait for an MRI exam is a much better indicator of health-care quality than is the number of MRI machines in the province. |
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 A Smarter Approach to Funding HospitalsA new approach to funding hospitals that rewards efficiency and productivity is helping to reduce wait times in British Columbia. Wait times in Canada are far too long, and a major reason is a serious flaw in hospital funding. (~2min) Join us weekly across the prairies for our hard hitting policy commentary broadcast across the Goldenwest Radio Network - Click here for a list of 14 stations and broadcast times. |
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Latest PublicationsPatients Across the Province Have Better Access to Care: Ontario's Doctors— March 5, 2012According to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Ontario ranks first in Canada when it comes to primary care performance from the perspective of the consumer; Manitoba Health Spending: Still Much Higher Than Average— January 23, 2012Per-person healthcare spending in Manitoba is significantly higher than the national average. Move to Lean Concept Belated, but Also Absolutely Worthwhile— January 5, 2012After 38 years in business, a stint in the health-care system, experience with Fortune 100 companies along with being a part of successful "Lean" implementations, I believe the Health Ministry's plan to adopt this business concept is good news. Report Gives Province Healthy Rating— December 21, 2011New Brunswick is one of the top health-care performers in Canada in terms of patient outcomes and wait times according to a new report released Tuesday by a national policy group. Media Release - Canada Health Consumer Index 2011— December 20, 2011The fourth annual Canada Health Consumer Index evaluates healthcare-system performance in the ten provinces from the perspective of the consumer. Ontario finishes in first place in this year’s report, with British Columbia and New Brunswick finishing in a tie for second. Canada Health Consumer Index 2011— December 20, 2011The Canada Health Consumer Index compares the performance of Canada’s ten provincial healthcare systems from the perspective of the consumer. |
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