Health Sciences 3400A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Canada Health Transfer, Canada Health Act, Prescription Drug
9 Feb 2018
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The public sector in canada is responsible for almost 70% of total health expenditures (the) Over the last two decades, prescription drugs have been a major cost driver, but in the last five years, the growth in this sector has been matched by hospital spending and overtaken by physician expenditures. In the case of physicians, a primary cost driver has been increased remuneration, and in the case of hospitals, a combination of more hiring and increased remuneration for existing staff. Almost all revenues for public health spending come from the general tax revenues of federal, provincial and territorial governments, a considerable portion of which is used to provide universal. Medicare medically necessary hospital and physician services that are free at the point of service: the remaining amount is used to subsidize other types of health care, including long-term care and prescription drugs.
