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Top users consume half of health budget
Treating the top 5% of users of Ontario’s health system — 662 248 patients in 2011 — accounted for more than half the provincial health budget, say a team of Toronto-based researchers who are probing data on so-called high-cost users. Publication date: 2014 May 20....
Poverty linked to future high health-care costs: Health effects of poverty far reaching, Canadian researchers find
People living in poverty are more likely to place a high burden on the health-care system but addressing the inequity could prevent both medical complications and health expenditures, Canadian doctors and public health experts say. Publication date: 2015 May 8....
Health-care costs more than double for Canadians with diabetes: study
A new study has determined that the average cost of health care for Canadians with diabetes is $16,000 over eight years, compared to $6,000 for those without the disease. Publication date: 2015 August 19. Available from:...
High-income men now outliving low-income women in Canada, study finds
The life-expectancy gap between men and women is quickly closing in Canada, but not everyone is benefiting equally from the changes, a new study reveals. Publication date: 2016 November 14. Available from:...