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Canada Health Consumer Index 2010

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Last Updated (May 17, 2010) Written by Administrator May 17, 2010

The Canadian Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the Health Consumer Powerhouse released the third annual Canada Health Consumer Index (CHCI). The Index evaluates the consumer-friendliness of Canada's healthcare system. It compares Canada to 33 European countries by assessing the extent to which each national healthcare system meets the needs of healthcare users.

In the study, analysts from the Frontier Centre and the Health Consumer Powerhouse compare the 34 national healthcare systems across five different "sub-disciplines:" Patient Rights and Access to Information, Wait Times, Patient Outcomes, Range and Reach of Services and Access to Pharmaceuticals.

The report shows that despite high levels of government spending, healthcare in Canada is markedly less responsive to consumers' needs than most European countries. Ben Eisen, a co-author of the study, says: "Canadians still face excessively long waiting periods for care. Canada spends as much money as the top performers on healthcare like the Netherlands and Germany, but we haven't been able to match their levels of efficiency. By looking at our own areas of relative weakness and examining European best practices, we can better understand where improvement is most needed and what sorts of reforms are likely to bring about measurable progress."

May 10, 2010

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Canada Health Consumer Index 2009

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Last Updated (March 29, 2010) Written by Administrator December 16, 2009

cover 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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Euro HIV Index

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Last Updated (December 11, 2009) Written by Administrator October 13, 2009

HIV infection keeps growing in Europe. In order to improve care and conditions for people living with HIV/AIDS but also to prevent further spread of the disease, there is urgent need of reviewing and radically improving disease management in HIV/AIDS. Such change should include legal aspects, HIV care and social conditions. This was advocated by the Euro HIV Index (EHIVI) 2009, which was presented today in Brussels. Luxembourg leads the ranking among European 29 countries in this first survey of HIV policy and best practice, with 857 points (out of 1,000), followed by Malta (791) and Switzerland (775).

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Euro Health Consumer Index 2009

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Last Updated (August 11, 2010) Written by Administrator September 28, 2009

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Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index 2009

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Last Updated (June 10, 2009) Written by Administrator June 10, 2009

The second Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index compares Canada with European countries when it comes to healthcare systems. For medical outcomes, Canada compares reasonably well with the best performing healthcare systems in Europe. On the generosity scale Canada collects an average score. With respect to patient’s rights, waiting times and availability of pharmaceuticals Canada places at the absolute bottom in the rankings. Canada ranks dead last in the "Bang-for-the-Buck" index (Estonia is first in the value-for-money-adjusted "Bang-for-the-Buck" index).