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Hospitals have consistently been the top healthcare expenditure representing 26.6% of total healthcare expenditures in Canada in 2018. [32] Hospital capacity in Canada peaked in 1970. Since then, per-capita hospital bed capacity has been reduced by 63%. [107] Hospital care is delivered by publicly funded hospitals in Canada.
Health Canada (HC; French: Santé Canada, SC) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for national health policy.The department itself is also responsible for numerous federal health-related agencies, including the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), among others.
The Guardian reported that data for 2020 suggests a change in NHS funding patterns. The BMA said this was largely due to raised spending during the pandemic and the effect of Covid on the whole economy, since the GDP of the UK dropped more than that of all other G7 nations. [36]
Since 1998, Canada's successive multibillion-dollar budget surpluses have allowed a significant injection of new funding to the healthcare system, with the stated goal of reducing waiting times for treatment. [citation needed] However, this may be hampered by the return to deficit spending as of the 2009 Canadian federal budget. [citation needed]
Identified weaknesses of Canada's system were comparatively higher infant mortality rate, the prevalence of chronic conditions, long wait times, poor availability of after-hours care, and a lack of prescription drugs coverage. [102] An increasing problem in Canada's health system is a shortage of healthcare professionals and hospital capacity.
Agenda for Change (AfC) is the current National Health Service (NHS) grading and pay system for NHS staff, with the exception of doctors, dentists, apprentices and some senior managers. It covers more than 1 million people and harmonises their pay scales and career progression arrangements across traditionally separate pay groups, in the most ...
A series of graphics depicting how climate change will affect our planet Medicaid Expansion Helping Where It’s Allowed To An interactive map showing where uninsured rates remain disproportionately high
General Practice under the National Health Service 1948–1997 (1998) online Archived 23 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Rintala, Marvin. Creating the National Health Service: Aneurin Bevan and the Medical Lords (2003) online Archived 18 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Rivett G. C. From Cradle to Grave: The First 50 (65) Years of the NHS ...