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Costs6

The OECD, the Organization or Economic Co-operation & Development includes 34 member states. This graph compares the amount spent by each country on health care as a percentage of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

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Don’t confuse money with quality at our hospitals
By Jason M. Sutherland and Nadya Repin

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Generic drug prices in Alberta: A step in the right direction
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How universal pharmacare might just save our health care system
By Steve Morgan

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It’s time to view public health care as an economic asset
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The road to reviving Canada’s sluggish productivity may lead straight to an emergency department — or an operating room — or an immunization clinic.