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Aug 13 11 tweets 10 min read
@JeanCharest_ .The biggest myth about Cdn healthcare is that we spend more than other countries. Cdns think we spend 3 times more on #healthcare than we actually do. Our health care expenditures are in line with like countries - about 10% of GDP (except the US which spends much more) #cdnpoli
@JeanCharest_ However, other countries are likely getting more value for the dollar ...especially the ones which have a larger percentage of public healthcare. More public healthcare=less expensive healthcare #cdnpoli #onpoli data.oecd.org/healthres/heal… 2/
@JeanCharest_ Canada can certainly improve on its healthcare performance relative to other countries but it does provide much better healthcare overall than the US (which also has the most expensive healthcare) commonwealthfund.org/publications/f… 3/
@JeanCharest_ Only about 70% of Cdn healthcare expenditures are covered by the public sector which is lower than most OECD countries (except the US where only 49% is covered by public healthcare) cihi.ca/en/how-does-ca… 4/
@JeanCharest_ From OECD stats, we see that Canada does indeed lack doctors and hospital beds. But apparently Canada has more nurses than the OECD average. Where are the nurses? Why are doctors filling in for nurses? oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-… 5/
@JeanCharest_ And Canada's doctor shortage does not appear because they are not being well paid ..rather it appears that Canada is not training enough doctors.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/ae3016b9… 6/
@JeanCharest_ Canada only has 7.5 medical grads /100k pop compared to an OECD average of 13.5. Interesting that the US also has few medical grads. Are we expecting foreign countries to educate medical personnel for us? data.oecd.org/healthres/medi… 7/
@JeanCharest_ About that apparent nursing shortage in the public sector...looks like Canada is in the bottom half in nurses' pay. oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-… 8/
@JeanCharest_ .As far as healthcare expenditures goes in Canada, it well known that Ontario and BC are the thriftiest of all ...a whopping 15% less than the average healthcare spending in other provinces #onpoli ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/heal… 9/
@JeanCharest_ Under the Canada Health Act, the federal government is responsible for financing a large percentage of public healthcare and ensuring that every province complies with the CHA so that every Cdn gets the same basic level of care. So it collects data. 10/ canada.ca/en/health-cana…
@JeanCharest_ .An important piece of data collected under the Canada Health Act is how much public healthcare funding is spent on private for-profit facilities. So all the provinces supply that data to the federal govt ...except for Ontario canada.ca/en/health-cana… #onpoli 11/

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