Health Consumer Powerhouse

The Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the Health Consumer Powerhouse released the second annual Canada Health Consumer Index (CHCI). The Index ranks health care system performance in each province by assessing the extent to which they meet the needs of health care users. The study compares the ten provincial health care systems across five different "sub-disciplines:" patients' rights, problem prevention, waiting times, patient outcome and range and reach of services.

The report shows that  there are significant differences between the provinces in several of these areas. For the second year, Ontario finishes with the highest overall score on the CHCI, driven primarily by good patient outcomes and shorter-than-average waiting times. Even in Ontario, however, waiting times are much longer than in most of the European countries.

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