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Healthcare in Canada's North: Are We Getting Value for Money?
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20 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Bridging the distance: understanding access to healthcare through stories from Gwich'in medical travellers in Northwest Territories.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Surgical Task-Sharing in the Western Canadian Arctic: A Networked Model Between Family Physicians with Enhanced Surgical Skills and Specialist Surgeons.World journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Health system learning with Indigenous communities: a study protocol for a two-eyed seeing review and multiple case study.Health research policy and systems · 2022Article
- Tele-Active Rehabilitation for Youth With Concussion: Evidence-Based and Theory-Informed Intervention Development.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2022Article
- Forensic psychiatry services in Nunavut.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Patient healthcare experiences in the Northwest Territories, Canada: an analysis of news media articles.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Global health radiology planning using Geographic Information Systems to identify populations with decreased access to care.Journal of global health · 2021Article
- Preliminary clinical algorithm to optimise remote delivery of paediatric concussion care in Canada's North.International journal of circumpolar health · 2020Article
- Disparities amidst plenty: a health portrait of Indigenous peoples in circumpolar regions.International journal of circumpolar health · 2020Article
- Virtual care: a 'Zoombie' apocalypse?Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2020Article
- Opportunities for improving patient experiences among medical travellers from Canada's far north: a mixed-methods study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- The north is not all the same: comparing health system performance in 18 northern regions of Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2019Article
- Nasal CPAP on paediatric air transport in the Canadian Arctic: A case series.Paediatrics & child health · 2019Article
- Mental Health in the Cree Peoples of Northern Quebec: Relationships Among Trauma, Familial Psychological Distress, and Mood or Anxiety Disorders.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2019Article
- The Potential of Telemedicine to Improve Pediatric Concussion Care in Rural and Remote Communities in Canada.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Article
- Remoteness and its impact on the potential for mental health initiatives in criminal courts in Nunavut, Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2018Article
- Delivering more equitable primary health care in Northern Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2017Article
- Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North: Introduction to the Special Issue.International journal of circumpolar healthArticle
- Indigenous women's experiences of prenatal stress and support during pregnancy and childbirth in Northwest Territories: Findings from the Maternal and Infant Health Project.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine if Canadians are getting value for money in providing health services to our northern residents.
methodSecondary analyses of data from Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Information and territorial government agencies on health status, health expenditures and health system performance indicators.
resultsPer capita health expenditures in Canada's northern territories are double that of Canada as a whole and are among the highest in the world. The North lags behind the rest of the country in preventable mortality, hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions and other performance indicators. DISCUSSION: The higher health expenditure in the North is to be expected from its unique geography and demography. If the North is not performing as well as Canada, it is not due to lack of money, and policy makers should be concerned about whether healthcare can be as good as it could be.
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