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REACTION: Large geriatric clinics bear no resemblance to the mini-hospitals that were promised
Montreal, April 16, 2024 – By switching from private mini-hospitals to geriatric clinics, the Legault government is breaking its election promise, says a researcher at the Montreal Economic Institute.
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Healthcare in Canada 2024 – Ipsos poll commissioned by the MEI
Dissatisfied with the state of their provincial health care systems, a majority of Canadians are open to greater reliance on the private sector, according to this MEI-Ipsos poll.
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C’est long longtemps dans les urgences du Québec
Le fait est que notre système de santé manque de capacité de traitement. Que vous vous présentiez en clinique externe, en salle d’urgence ou que vous ayez besoin d’une opération non-urgente, l’attente est un symptôme de ce manque de capacité.
IEDM – C’est toujours aussi long d’attendre à l’urgence – Renaud Brossard
March 19, 2024 | 7 min. | Toujours le matin (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications at […]
IEDM – Pourquoi faut-il encore autant attendre à l’urgence? – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 18, 2024 | 12 min. 49 sec. | Midi Pile (KYK FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at […]
IEDM – Forte augmentation de l’attente aux urgences en Outaouais – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 18, 2024 | 6 min. 50 sec. | L’Outaouais maintenant (104,7FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at the […]
IEDM – Encore autant d’attente aux urgences au Québec – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 18, 2024 | 7 min. 15 sec. | Midi actualité (107,7FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at the […]
IEDM – 10 000 personnes par jour dans les urgences du Québec – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 18, 2024 | 12 min. 42 sec. | Catherine le midi (106,9FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at […]
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ER Wait Times in Quebec Are Stagnating
The median patient visiting a Quebec emergency room last year spent 5 hours and 13 minutes there, according to this study published by the MEI. “This year again, Quebec patients have had to be patient indeed, with emergency room visits taking over five hours,” says Emmanuelle B. Faubert, economist at the MEI and author of the study.
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Alberta’s opting out of federal pharmacare just might save your coverage
Your drug coverage would have been at risk, if not for Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to opt out of an ill-conceived federal government-run pharmacare plan.