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What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
March
19, 2008
Study:
Health care use among gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians, 2003 and 2005
A
new study published today in Health Reports provides the first national picture
of health care use by sexual orientation. It shows that the use of health care
services differs depending on self-identified sexual preference.
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Tackling
health inequalities: 2007 Status Report on the Programme for Action
March 13, 2008
The status report provides a review of developments against
the data since the publication of the Programme for Action in 2003. It considers
progress against the Public Service Agreement (PSA) target, the national headline
indicators and against government commitments.
Source:
The
Wellesley Institute ]
The Wellesley Institute advances the social determinants
of health through rigorous community-based research, reciprocal capacity building,
and the informing of public policy.
Complete report:
From the U.K. Department of Health:
*
Tackling
health inequalities: 2007 Status Report on the Programme for Action
(PDF file - 2.2MB, 111 pages)
* Tackling
health inequalities: 2005 Status report on the Programme for Action
* Tackling
health inequalities: 2003-05 data update for the national 2010 PSA target
* Tackling
health inequalities: A Programme for Action
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Drug
Assistance Programs and Expenditures in Canada
Health Care
in Canada reports (Canadian Institute for Health
Information)
Call for a National Autism Strategy
The
Health of Canadians - December 2006 (from the Canadian Council on
Social Development)
| Commission
on the Future of Health Care in Canada - the Romanow Commission, incl.
the final report (Nov/02), all discussion papers and summary reports by the Commission [NOTE: the Resources/Research page alone is worth a visit just to see the excellent collection of health research info!] |
| Health
Canada Home Page What's new - this link takes you to the Health Canada home page; the latest news releases are in the centre column of the page Health
Care System Minister
of Finance Tables Legislation to Implement 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care Details
concerning the 10-year plan Ten-Year
Plan to Strengthen Health Care and new Framework for Medicare
- The Canada Health Act Canada Health Act Annual Reports - incl. sections describing the operation of health insurance programs in all Canadian jurisdictions THE
CANADA HEALTH ACT : OVERVIEW AND OPTIONS What's new from Health Canada (August 2007): Canadian Community
Health Survey, Cycle 2.2, Nutrition (2004): Related Health Canada links: Office
of Nutrition Policy and Promotion Health
Canada Population health surveys Related external links: Canadian
Community Health Survey - Nutrition (from Statistics
Canada) Canada-U.S. context: Food
Insecurity in Canada and the United States: Healthy Canadians |
16th
International AIDS Conference
August 14-18, 2006
Toronto
-
incl. links to : Home - Conference Overview - Conference
Programme - Abstracts - Scholarships - Satellites, Exhibitions and Affiliated
Events - Registration - Hotel Accommodation - Travelling to Canada - Organization
- Sponsors - Volunteers - Governance - Virtual Media Centre - Site Map
Related Links - from Barbara Anello at DisAbled Women's Network Ontario:
Daily Roundup from the 16th
International AIDS Conference:
Friday,
August 18:
Delegates at the closing of the XVI International
AIDS conference in Toronto were reminded that now is the "Time to Deliver."
Thursday,
August 17:
The XVI International AIDS Conference began today
by addressing the need for a coordinated and comprehensive approach to HIV that
includes elements some say are often overlooked, like human rights and youth.
Wednesday,
August 16:
On Wednesday, achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS
was a major focus of the conference. The World Health Organization released new
estimates of global antiretroviral therapy coverage.
Tuesday,
August 15:
The latest Daily Roundup includes comments from actor
Richard Gere and former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Monday,
August 14:
The
Daily Roundup for Monday, August 14 looks at the AIDS 2006 theme Time To
Deliver and features comments from Bill and Melinda Gates and former U.S.
President Bill Clinton.
Health
Council of Canada
"The Health Council of Canada is mandated to
monitor and report on the progress of health care renewal in Canada."
Health
Council of Canada report calls for early, ongoing action
to tackle trouble
spots in kids health (PDF file 67K, 2
pages)
News Release
WINNIPEG, JUNE 22, 2006 While the health of Canadas
children and youth is generally good, especially by global standards, there are
serious trouble spots within this population that require strategic, immediate
and sustained attention, the Health Council of Canada said in a report released
today. The report, Their Future Is Now: Healthy Choices for Canadas Children
& Youth, says many of those
problems are in fact preventable
if we act now. The report looks broadly across child health issues, from immunization
and obesity risks to mental health and crime prevention, reviews government commitments
to improve child health, highlights effective regional programs and the ingredients
key to their success, and offers advice for future action.
Backgrounder (PDF file - 51K, 1 page)
Complete report:
Their
Future Is Now: Healthy Choices
for Canadas Children and Youth
(2.5MB, 52 pages)
June 2006
Toronto
Star op-ed:
Help children do their best
June 21
Dr. Nuala
Kenny, chair of the Health Council of Canadas working group which created
Their Future Is Now: Healthy Choices for Canadas Children & Youth,
penned this op-ed piece for the Toronto Star.
Public
Health Agency of Canada New
Website On The Social Determinants Of Health Related link: Canada's
Response to WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health Also found on The Wellesley Institute Blog: Closing
the Gap Among their very useful and comprehensive publications are: *
a review of
national policies and strategies (PDF file - 466K, 56 pages) to address health
inequalities in Europe ----------------------------------- Reducing
Work-Life Conflict: What Works and What Doesn't (PDF file - 3.4MB,
212 pages) <begin
date rant.> This
is the fifth report in a series of six. Links
to the four earlier reports: For links to more work-life balance content, go to the Canadian Social Research Links Work-Life Balance page. ----------------------------------- Complacency
in Caring for Seniors is not an Option Complete report: Seniors in Canada 2006 Report Card Source: Related Links: Seniors
in Canada: 2006 Report Card: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young
people in Canada: their health and well-being |
| Commission
on the Future of Health Care in Canada The Romanow Commission Related links : - see the Canadian Social Research Links Medicare Debate in Canada Links page |
No
more time to wait:
Toward benchmarks and best practices in wait time management
(PDF file - 731K, 65 pages)
March 2005
"Seven national medical organizations
have united to release an interim report examining the problem of wait times for
health care in Canada and to establish new benchmarks for medically acceptable
wait times for care. The Wait Time Alliance of Canada (WTA) released an interim
report today. The Report outlines evidence-based benchmarks for medically acceptable
wait times for access to care in: heart, cancer, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement
and sight restoration. The report is a direct response to the commitment made
by First Ministers in September 2004 (10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care)
to establish evidence-based benchmarks for medically acceptable wait times in
the five priority areas. With the deadline fast approaching (December 31, 2005),
Federal-Provincial-Territorial governments have commissioned research on this
issue, but have yet to come forward with a process to develop national benchmarks."
Wait Time Alliance members:
Canadian
Association of Nuclear Medicine
Canadian
Association of Radiologists
Canadian Cardiovascular
Society
Canadian
Medical Association
Canadian
Orthopaedic Association
Canadian
Ophthalmological Society
Canadian Association
of Radiation Oncologists
[Found on the DisAbled Women's Network - Ontario website]
Jordan's
Principle, governments' paralysis
Noni MacDonald,
M.D., M.Sc, and Amir Attaran, L.L.B., Ph.D.
August 14, 2007
Children are
vulnerable members of our society. They are voiceless in decision-making, subject
to the judgments and actions of others. First Nations people are also vulnerable
victims of ill-will and broken promises and suffering from the worst social,
economic and health conditions in Canada. So imagine the unenviable situation
to be a First Nations child, very sick and living on a reserve where there are
minimal children's services.
Source:
Canadian
Medical Association Journal
[ Canadian Medical
Association ]
For related links, go to the First Nations Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/1stbkmrk.htm
What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
February
21, 2008
Study:
Chronic pain in Canadian seniors, 1996/1997 and 2005
Chronic pain
affects more than one-quarter of seniors living in households and close to 4 out
of every 10 seniors in institutions, and it can have a profound impact on their
quality of life, according to a new study.
Chronic pain in Canadian seniors
by
Pamela L. Ramage-Morin
Abstract
Findings
February
21, 2008
Study:
Health information and the Internet, 2005
More than one-third of
Canadian adults, over half of them women, used the Internet to search for health
information in 2005, according to a new study. Among those who also visited a
doctor, more than one-third discussed the results of their Internet search with
their physician. The study, "Getting
a second opinion: Health information and the Internet," examines adults'
use of the Internet to access health information in 2005.
July
11, 2006
Access
to health care services, January to December 2005 (Previous release)
The
new report, Access to Health Care Services in Canada, provides updated results
of the experiences of patients waiting for care, based on 12 full months of data
for 2005. Preliminary results from the first six months of data collection were
reported in The Daily on January 31, 2006. The updated report confirms that waiting
times remain the number one barrier for Canadians who had difficulties in accessing
specialized health care services last year.
Complete report:
Access
to Health Care Services in Canada
January to December 2005 (PDF
file - 370K, 25 pages)
June 13, 2006
Health
Indicators
Today's issue of Health Indicators features the latest data
from the third cycle (2005) of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey.
Complete report:
Health Indicators
Volume
2006, No. 1
Providing the latest readings on the health of Canadians - region
by region
This publication, produced jointly by Statistics Canada and the
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), is a compilation of over 80
indicators measuring health status, non-medical determinants of health, health-system
performance and community and health-system characteristics.
HTML
version - use the links in the left margin to navigate your way through
this report
PDF
version - 501K, 52 pages
Mortality,
summary list of causes in 2001 (PDF file -
1MB, 134 pages)
March 2006
["New products", March 9]
"This
publication contains statistical tables showing the number of deaths by age, sex
and grouped underlying cause for Canada, the provinces and territories. Also included
are age-specific and age-standardized mortality rates by grouped underlying cause
of death."
More health reports and statistics from StatCan - [ free reports ] - [ reports for sale ]
Source:
Health Statistics Division
[
Statistics Canada ]
How
healthy are Canadians? Annual report 2005
February 9, 2006
Complete
report (PDF file - 665K, 69 pages)
Table of contents (download individual articles):
Seniors'
health care use [highlights
- HTML] [full
article - PDF]
Predictors of death in seniors [highlights
- HTML] [full
article - PDF]
Healthy living among seniors [highlights
- HTML] [full
article - PDF]
Dependency, chronic conditions and pain in seniors
[highlights
- HTML] [full
article - PDF]
Successful aging in health care institutions
[highlights
- HTML] [full
article - PDF]
Source:
Health Reports Supplement
Health
Reports ($)
Health Reports is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal produced
by the Health Statistics Division at Statistics Canada.
February
7, 2006
Canada's
retirement income programs
The financial reserves in Canada's three
principal retirement programs, essential to the future of many Canadians, have
doubled since 1990, and they represent one of the largest pools of investment
capital in the country.
Related link:
Pension
savings of Canadians - table shows, for 1993 and 2003, total accumulated
assets of Canadians including public plans, Registered pension plans, Registered
retirement savings plans and supplementary retirement income programs.
December
6, 2005
Study:
Political activity among young adults, 2003
"Young adults
do not vote as often as people in older age groups, but they help make up for
it by engaging in other politically-related activities, according to a new report
published today in Canadian Social Trends. The report 'Willing to participate:
Political engagement of young adults', available free online, used data from the
General Social Survey to examine the extent of political activity among young
adults aged 22 to 29. It measured their traditional political participation, that
is, voting, as well as alternative activities, such as participating in demonstrations
or attending public meetings."
Complete article:
Willing
to participate: Political engagement of young adults
(PDF file
- 157K, 6 pages)
Other
free articles from past issues of Canadian Social Trends
- incl. links
(in the left margin of the page) to more info on Canadian Social Trends and how
to subscribe or to purchase a single copy.
December
5, 2005
Canadian
Community Health Survey, Nutrition: Public Use Microdata File, 2004
The
public use microdata file from the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS),
Nutrition: General Health Component is now available. This survey collected information
from over 35,000 respondents of all ages residing in private households in all
10 provinces. (...) This product is available free of charge to non-profit
organizations in the health sector for research and non-commercial purposes.
"(bolding added)
November 4, 2005
Study:
Socio-economic status and obesity in children, 2000/01
The article
"Neighbourhood socio-economic status and the prevalence of overweight Canadian
children and youth" has been published in the November-December 2005 issue
of the Canadian Journal of Public Health. To obtain a copy of the article, contact
Karen Craven (cjph@cpha.ca), Canadian Journal
of Public Health.
Related Links:
Canadian
Journal of Public Health
[ Canadian Public Health Association ]
May
9, 2005
National
Population Health Survey: Healthy aging, 1994/95 to 2002/03
Canadians
maintaining healthy behaviours are more likely to stay in good health, according
to a new study. The study suggests that unhealthy habits may not have an immediate
impact on the middle-aged adults but they tend to catch up to seniors as life
goes on.
Related Link:
Healthy Aging: Healthy today,
healthy tomorrow?
Findings from the National Population Health Survey
May
2005
By Laurent Martel, Alain Bélanger, Jean-Marie Berthelot and Yves
Carrière
HTML
version
PDF
version (143K, 10 pages)
February 1, 2005
Health
Indicators
This new issue of Health Indicators, an Internet-based data
publication, features updated health region level data and maps based on the most
recent vital and cancer statistics available. Updates include: life expectancy,
infant mortality, low-birth weight, and mortality rates by selected causes. Even
though Canada has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, today's release
of Health Indicators demonstrates that life expectancy varies widely between health
regions. People living in Northern and remote regions of Canada, many of whom
are Aboriginal, have life expectancies more in line with developing countries
than with other Canadians.
Complete report:
Health
Indicators vol. 2005, no. 1
- includes profiles
and data tables on : Health status - Non-medical determinants
of health - Health system performance - Community and health system characteristics
Comparable
health indicators: Canada, provinces and territories
December 1, 2004
"Comparable
health indicators for Canada, the provinces and territories are now available.
Indicators have been jointly selected by provincial and territorial health ministries,
and Health Canada. Comparable health indicators address primary health care, home
care, other programs and services, catastrophic drug coverage and pharmaceutical
management, diagnostic and medical equipment, health human resources and healthy
Canadians."
- includes links (in the left-hand margin of the page) to : Plan for reporting - Data tables - Considerations for data production - Reports on comparable health indicators - Related products
Reports on comparable health indicators - links to reports from the federal government (see below) and all provincial and territorial (except Alberta and BC, as at Dec. 2/04)
September 27, 2004
Study:
Neighbourhood inequality and self-perceived health status
People
living in low income report somewhat better health when they share neighbourhoods
with individuals who are more affluent and better educated, according to a new
study.
Neighbourhood
Inequality, Relative Deprivation and Self-perceived Health Status
(PDF file - 287K, 31 pages)
June 30, 2004
Health
Services Access Survey, 2003
Canadians have clearly identified
waiting times as their number one barrier in accessing specialized health-care
services, according to the 2003 Health Services Access Survey. The survey explored
access to three types of specialized care: visits to specialists, non-emergency
surgeries and diagnostic tests, as well as access to first contact services.
Access
to health care services in Canada, 2003
Analytical report - incl. highlights
of the report, links to the content (links in the left sidebar) and links to the
PDF versions of the highlights and report
June 15,
2004
Canadian
Community Health Survey, 2003
"More than 1.2 million Canadians
were unable to find a regular medical doctor in 2003, and an additional 2.4 million
didn't have one because they hadn't looked for one, according to new results from
the Canadian Community Health Survey. (...) The release is co-ordinated with today's
release of Health indicators (82-221-XIE, free) a project to produce basic health
indicators such as use of health services, smoking and self-perception
of health for each health region and for peer groups of health regions."
June
15, 2004
Health
indicators 2004, no. 1
"The second cycle of data from the
Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) is available today free of charge in this
latest issue of Health indicators, an Internet-based publication. In 2003, the
CCHS collected information from about 135,000 individuals, aged 12 and older,
in 126 health regions covering all provinces and territories. Health indicators
(2004, no. 1) contains maps and data tables from the CCHS 2003 for 32 indicators.
These include dietary practices, frequency of heavy drinking, exposure to second-hand
smoke, body mass index, Pap smear, screening mammography, life stress, high blood
pressure, diabetes, leisure-time physical activity and much more. Information
on all these variables is available by age, sex and various levels of geography,
down to the local health region level."
Complete report:
Health
Indicators June 2004 (vol. 2004, no. 1)
"Over 80 indicators
at the health region, province/territory and Canada level"
- incl. health
of Canadians determinants of health health system performance
community/health system characteristics
(use the links in the left margin of
the Health Indicators page to access the report)
June
2, 2004
Joint
Canada/United States Survey of Health, 2002/03
Most Canadians and
Americans report being in good to excellent health, according to a new survey
that compares health status and access to health care services between the two
nations. However, Canadians with the lowest incomes were less likely to be in
fair or poor health and less likely to have reported severe mobility limitations
than their American counterparts
Complete report:
Joint Canada/United
States Survey of Health: Findings and public-use microdata file
HTML
version
PDF
version - 221K, 33 pages
How
healthy are Canadians?
Annual report 2002
August 1, 2002
Highlights
The
third in the series of annual reports published by Statistics Canada on the health
of Canadians highlights communities, with new information, mainly from the 2000/01
Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS).
Communities are viewed from several
perspectives:
- Geographically, with analyses of the health regions that have
been created by provincial health departments.
- Culturally, with articles
examining two specific communities - Aboriginal Canadians living off-reserve and
immigrants.
- Socio-economically, with studies of urban neighbourhoods defined
by their level of income.
Health
Services Access Survey: 2001
July
15, 2002
"Almost one in five Canadians who accessed health care for
themselves or a family member in 2001 encountered some form of difficulty, ranging
from problems getting an appointment to lengthy waiting times, according to a
new survey."
Access
to health care services in Canada: 2001
- incl. links to key findings,
data tables and related products
The
Health of Canada's Communities
The health of Canada's communities 2000/01
July
4, 2002
"Life expectancy in Canada is among the
best in the world and has been for several decades. However, health status is
by no means evenly distributed across Canada's communities, according to a new
study."
Summary
Complete
report (PDF file - K, pages)
Government
Finance: Revenue, Expenditure and Surplus
June 24, 2002
"The
first decline in overall government revenues in four decades, combined with a
rise in overall spending, resulted in significant shifts in the distribution of
deficits and surpluses in the fiscal year 2001/02, according to new consolidated
estimates of government finances. (...) Health, social services and education
drive expenditure increases..."
NOTE : "Consolidated
government is the general term used to describe the consolidation of the federal
government, the provincial and territorial governments, local governments and
the Canada and Quebec pension plans."
Health
Indicators
May 2003
"Over
80 indicators at the health region, province/territory and Canada level
-
health of Canadians e.g., mortality, health problems;
- determinants of health e.g., smoking, exercise, income;
- health
system performance e.g., hospital re-admissions;
- community/health
system characteristics e.g., urban population, doctors
Highlights,
data table profiles, maps and documentation are also available in this free bi-annual
Internet publication.
The
health divide: How the sexes differ
Compared
with men, women take better care of themselves, and live longer. However, a higher
percentage of women have chronic illnesses, and women use health care services
more often, according to a special report
5
(PDF file - 1.7MB, 53 pages) Source: ---------------------------------------------------------- Related Links: Paying
More, Getting Less 2006:: Related Links: From the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE): How
rising drug costs swallowed my health care* From
the Canadian Health Coalition: National
Pharmaceutical Strategy: Progress
Report on the National Pharmaceutical Strategy More
for Less: Drug
Expense Coverage in the Canadian Population: Source: Related Link from the Fraser Group: Canadians' Access to
Insurance for Prescription Medicines |
Report
on health of rural, northern women paints picture of inequity
Canadian
Press
June 08, 2004
"TORONTO (CP) - A new report on the health
of women in rural and remote settings paints a picture of inequity, with spotty
availability of the health services expected by women living in urban centres.
Rural women are more likely to be living on low incomes, to experience domestic
violence and have to travel long distances to obtain the care they need, said
the report by the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health released Tuesday."
Source:
Canada.com
Rural,
Remote and Northern Women's Health
Policy and Research Directions
Final
Summary Report
Largest Canadian study
on rural women's health finds urban solutions do not address rural problems
Canada's
health system failing women in rural and remote regions
- final report of a
two-year study on the health of rural, remote and Northern women
"...the
largest qualitative study in Canada to date to address the health concerns of
this important community"
- incl. links to the complete summary report,
an executive summary, bibliographies and focus group reports
Complete
Summary Report (7.6 MB PDF)*
Executive
Summary (3.2 MB PDF)*
Source:
Prairie
Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)
Centres
of Excellence for Women's Health (Health Canada)
*NOTE:
these files are enormous to download, even with a broadband connection. Here's
a suggestion for *all* organizations offering their reports online: it's OK to
offer a gussied-up version with all the pretty graphics, but it would be appreciated
if you would also offer a link to a "stripped-down" version of your
report for visitors with older machines. slower connections or accessibility issues.
Google
Web Search Results: "rural women, health,
Canada, study"
Google News Search Results: "rural
women, health, Canada, study"
- direct links to search results
pages, always current!
Source:
Google.ca
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NetworkNews
- Summer 2004 Issue
"The Summer edition of our quarterly newsletter, NetworkNews,
looks at the legal routes to achieving accountability in health care, along with
recent cases and their consequences, part of the Health Network's Health Care
Accountability Papers."
Complete
Newsletter (PDF file - 472K, 12 pages)
[Click "Download" to open
the PDF file]
Source:
Canadian
Policy Research Networks
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P3Watch ----------------------------------------- From the Canadian Union of Public Employees: Privatization:
"Innovation" Exposed - An ongoing inventory of major privatization initiatives
in Canada's health care system, 2003-2004 Complete report (PDF file - 599K, 42 pages) Related Links: Feds
ducking responsibility to enforce Canada Health Act Martin
backs right of his physician to run private clinic ----------------------------------------- Martin's
MD runs for-profit clinics *Medisys
Health Group - "Corporate Healthcare in Canada" |
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Autism Call
for a National Autism Strategy Senator
Munson Launches an Inquiry into the Treatment of Autism Senate Debates of May 11, 2006 - Autism! AUTISM:
the Latest Prevalence Rates in USA - Now 1 in 175 As a mother of a child living with autism, I am asking all parents, family and friends of children with autism to send this to their MPs, and the Health Minister, with the request that the government recognize the problem and monitor the situation in Canada." - includes links to contact info for the federal Minister of Health, MPs and Senators, plus a selection of articles from American media. Barbara Anello Related Links: Autism
resources US
survey shows autism very common Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Says 300,000 Children Have Autism Google.ca News Search Results:
NDP
MP tables private bill on autism care |
Government
Takes Action to Control Spending (includes
a detailed backgrounder)
December
16, 2003
- freeze on major capital projects
- freeze on reclassifications
-
freeze on the size of the public service
- review of all Government of Canada
spending by the Cabinet's Expenditure Review Committee.
Source:
Department
of Finance Canada
Treasury
Board of Canada Secretariat
Related Links from the Treasury Board website:
Additional
Information on the Process of the Expenditure Review Committee
Frequently
Asked Questions
Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Partnership |
October
31, 2003
Factors
related to adolescents' self-perceived health, 2000/01
[- first
of several on the health of Canadian children that will be released this fall
in the How Healthy are Canadians? series of annual supplements to Health
reports]
While the majority of Canadian adolescents considered themselves to
be in "very good" or "excellent" health in 2000/01, nearly
one in three 12- to 17-year-olds rated their health as no better than "good."
Adolescents who considered their own health to be poor, fair or good were more
likely to smoke, drink or be obese.
Full
article in PDF (208K, 10 pages)
Health
Reports supplement : How healthy are Canadians? (Annual report 2003)
-
incl. a link to the intro for the 2003 report and a list of forthcoming reports
in this series
Source:
The
Daily - Statistics Canada
A
Lost Decade: Income Equality and the Health of Canadians
December
2, 2002
Presentation by Katherine Scott, Senior Policy and Research Associate,
at the Social Determinants of Health Conference in Toronto
Source : Canadian
Council on Social Development
The
Government of Canada Announces an Early Childhood Development Initiative for Aboriginal
Children
News Release
October 31, 2002
"...a funding
allocation of $320 million over the next five years for a strategy to improve
and expand Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and services for First Nations
and other Aboriginal children."
Source : Health
Canada
The
Health of Canadians The Federal Role
Volume Six: Recommendations for
Reform
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and
Technology
Chair: The Honourable Michael J.L. Kirby
Deputy Chair: The Honourable
Marjory LeBreton
October 2002
Senate
Committee recommends $5B national health care premium new money to reform and
expand health care system
News Release
October 25, 2002
"Canadians
need to contribute an additional $5 billion per year to health care in order to
make the publicly funded system financially sustainable and avert the emergence
of a parallel private health care system. The decision facing Canadians is whether
they are prepared to make that investment in order to overhaul Medicare."
Speaking
Notes for Senators (on the release of Volume Six)
Report
- Table of Contents and Part One, plus links to the rest of the report
(HTML
- 186K, 29 pages)
Complete
report - PDF file - 1169K, 392 pages
Highlights
(HTML - 240K, 43 pages)
Highlights
(PDF version - 158K, 54 pages)
Source:
Recent
Senate Reports
(37th Parliament, 2nd Session)
- incl. links to volumes
one to five in this series (from 37th Parliament, 1st Session)
Senate
Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
WorkLife
Conflict in Canada in the New Millennium
A Status Report - Final Report
Linda
Duxbury, Chris Higgins
October 2003
"As we enter the new millennium,
Canadian governments, employers, employees and families face a common challengehow
to make it easier for Canadians to balance their work roles and their desire to
have a meaningful life outside of work. The research initiative summarized in
this report was undertaken to address this issue."
PDF
version (PDF file - 1.7MB, 154 pages)
For links to more work-life balance content, go to the Canadian Social Research Links Work-Life Balance page.
Poverty,
Income Inequality, and Health in Canada (PDF file - 572K, 32 pages)
Dr.
Dennis Raphael
School of Health Policy and Management
York University
The
CSJ Foundation for Research and Education
Toronto
June 2002
Source :
Centre for Social Justice
Evaluation
of the Maintenance and Preventive Function of Home Care
Hollander
Analytical Services
Prepared for Health Canada
Cutting
house cleaning help to elderly leads to higher health costs down the line
Press Release (May 26, 2001)
Full-text
report (PDF file - 275K, 59 pages)
Source : Hollander
Analytical Services
Also on the Hollander website:
National Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness
of Home Care
"The National Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness
of Home Care is a major program of research which will provide critical new information
to policy makers about the cost-effectiveness of home care in Canada. It has a
budget of $1.5 million and is comprised of 15 interrelated substudies, six on
the cost-effectiveness of home care compared to care in long term care facilities
and nine on the cost-effectiveness of home care as an alternative to care in acute
care hospitals."
March 2002
Canadian
Institutes of Health Research
"CIHR is Canada's major
federal funding agency for health research. Its objective is to excel, according
to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation
of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more
effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care
system."
CIHR's 13 institutes: Aboriginal Peoples' Health - Aging - Cancer
Research - Circulatory and Respiratory Health - Gender and Health - Genetics -
Health Services and Policy Research - Human Development, Child and Youth Health
- Infection and Immunity - Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis - Neurosciences,
Mental Health and Addiction - Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes - Population
and Public Health
Expert
Advisory Committee on children announced Government
of Canada announces five centres of excellence for children's well-being
|
Population
Health Approach
Health Canada
April 2000
"We need to address the entire range
of factors that determine health [and] the complex interactions among these
factors"
Population health is an approach to health that aims to improve
the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population
groups.
Resources
and Related Sites
Links to 14 key documents on population health,
including:
A
New Perspective on the Health of Canadians (PDF file, 1.4MB) - "The
1974 report on health promotion that led to an evolution in thinking about health."
Office
of Health and the Information Highway
The Office of Health and the
Information Highway (OHIH) was created in recognition of the growing importance
of information and communications technologies in virtually all aspects of the
health sector, to assist the Minister of Health and Health Canada address new
and evolving issues and develop a longer term strategy regarding Canada's Health
Infostructure.
The
National Children’s Agenda: Health Canada's contribution
Budget 2000
Information
February 28, 2000
Good
overview of Health Canada initiatives for children
Seniors
Policies and Programs Database (SPPD)
-
Launched in January 2000 by the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers
Responsible for Seniors as a unique and lasting legacy of the International Year
of Older Persons.
Browse all Records
for thousands of program descriptions,
Search
the database by program or by jurisdiction, or
View
Program Linkages, i.e., see how these programs affect one another (Hello,
you quantitative analysts out there...)
Canadian
Institute for Health Information
"The Canadian Institute for
Health Information (CIHI) is an independent, national, not-for-profit organization
working to improve the health of Canadians and the health care system by providing
quality, reliable and timely health information. CIHI's mandate was established
jointly by federal and provincial/territorial ministers of health to coordinate
the development and maintenance of a comprehensive and integrated approach to
health information for Canada, and to provide and coordinate the provision of
accurate and timely data and information required for establishing sound health
policy, effectively managing the Canadian health system, and generating public
awareness about factors affecting good health."
See
the Sitemap
of this enormous site for an overview of its content incl. links to research &
reports, the CIHI Data Collection, standards, statistics and client services.
Health
Care in Canada (annual report) -------------------------------------------- Health
Care in Canada 2006 Health Care in Canada 2006 - Fact Sheet (PDF file - 103K, 1 page) Heart
attack survival rates improvestroke death rates remain the same --------------------------------------------------------------- Health
Care in Canada, 2005 Mortality
Rate Lower in Higher-Volume Hospitals -------------------------------------------- Links to Reports for Current and Previous Years - back to 2000 -------------------------------------------- |
Improving
the Health of Canadians 2007-2008: Mental Health and Homelessness
The
Improving the Health of Canadians: Mental Health and Homelessness report provides
an overview of the latest research, surveys and policy initiatives related to
mental health and homelessness and, for the first time, presents data on hospital
use by homeless Canadians.
- includes links to the complete report and
the media release (both of which are reproduced below) as well as links
to download individual report sections, related documents and contact
info if you wish to order a paper copy of the report
Complete Report:
Improving
the Health of Canadians 2007-2008:
Mental Health and Homelessness
(PDF file - 458K, 70 pages)
August 2007
Media
Release:
Mental
disorders account for more than half of hospital stays among the homeless in Canada:
New
CIHI report offers overview of links between mental health, mental illness and
homelessness
August 30, 2007Mental
disorders accounted for 52% of acute care hospitalizations among the homeless
in 20052006 (outside Quebec), according to a new report released today by
the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). In addition, the report
shows that 35% of visits to selected emergency departments (EDs)mostly in
Ontarioby homeless people were related to mental and behavioural disorders,
a proportion that is higher than that for other patients (3%).
Source:
Canadian Population
Health Initiative
[ Canadian
Institute for Health Information - CIHI ]
Related links: Homeless
hospitalized more often for mental illness: study Prime
Minister launches national Mental Health Commission Related Web/News/Blog links: Google Search Results
Links - always current results! |
Health
Indicators, 2007
Date published: May 30, 2007
Health Indicators
2007 is a compilation of selected indicators measuring health status, non-medical
determinants of health, health-system performance and community and health-system
characteristics. This issue also includes an analytical section that highlights
the impact of hip fractures.
- includes links to the complete report and the media release as well as links to download individual report sections, related documents and contact info if you wish to order a paper copy of the report
Complete Report:
Health Indicators, 2007 (PDF file - 1.3MB, 91 pages)
Hospital
Report 2007: Acute Care
Date published: August 24, 2007
Hospital
Report 2007: Acute Care is a system-wide and hospital-specific report that uses
a balanced scorecard approach to provide information on the performance of hospitals
that provide acute care in Ontario. The objectives of this series of reports are
to facilitate local quality-improvement programs, to encourage openness and transparency
in reporting and to support hospitals' accountability to the communities they
serve.
- includes links to the complete report and the media release as well as links to download individual report sections, related documents and contact info if you wish to order a paper copy of the report
Complete Report:
Hospital Report 2007: Acute Care (PDF file - 884K, 66 pages)
Health
Care Spending to Reach $130 Billion This Year; per Capita Spending to Hit $4,000
Spending
up, but rate of increase lowest in last seven years, reports CIHI
News
Release
December 8, 2004
"Canadas health care spending is expected
to reach $130.3 billion in 2004, a 5.9% increase over last year, and the lowest
annual growth rate since 1997. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
released these figures today in its annual report on Canadas health expenditure.
In 2002, health care spending was $114 billion and is estimated to have reached
$123 billion in 2003, for annual increases of 7.3% and 7.9%, respectively."
National
Health Expenditure Trends, 1975-2004
"CIHI's eighth annual
health expenditure trends publication and provides detailed, updated information
on health expenditure in Canada."
- incl. links to the full
report and to individual sections .
NOTE: Registration is required
to download the report, but you don't need to give your e-mail address if you
value your privacy
Executive
Summary
Table of Contents
Data
Tables
List
of Figures
Related link:
Canada's
health tab: $130B
Rise in private care pushes cost to $4,000 per person
National Post
Source:
Canada.com
"Provincial/Territorial
Government Health Spending Expected to Reach $84 Billion in 20042005,
Reports
Canadian Institute for Health information: Projected
growth lowest in seven years"
News
Release
November 3, 2004
"A new report on provincial and territorial
government health spending released today by the Canadian Institute for Health
Information (CIHI) shows continued growth in health care spending from provincial
and territorial governments. Todays report, Preliminary Provincial/Territorial
Government Health Expenditure, 19741975 to 20042005, reveals provincial
and territorial governments are expected to spend $83.9 billion in 20042005,
an increase of 5.1% over the previous year, the lowest growth recorded since 19971998.
Provincial and territorial government health spending was projected to reach $74.0
billion in 20022003 and $79.8 billion in 20032004, reflecting annual
growth rates of 7.0% and 7.9% respectively. After removing the effects of inflation,
health care expenditures in constant 1997 dollars are projected to reach $72.6
billion in 20042005, reflecting a real growth rate of 2.9%."
- incl.
links to info about : Proportion of Provincial GDP | Per
Capita Spending | Proportion of Governments Programs | Category of Service
| About NHEX | About CIHI | Charts and Tables | Report | Contact
Complete
report
(Registration required, but you don't need to give your e-mail
address if you value your privacy)
Executive
Summary
Table
of Contents (no links, just the table of contents)
Source:
Canadian
Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Also from CIHI:
Inpatient
Hospitalizations Continue to Decline, Same-Day Surgery Visits on the Rise,
Reports
Canadian Institute for Health Information
News Release
October
29, 2004
"New data available today from the Canadian Institute for Health
Information (CIHI) show that inpatient hospitalizations declined by 14.4% between
19951996 and 20022003, and by 1.7% between 20012002 and 20022003.
Overall, there were 2,770,128 inpatient hospitalizations in Canada in 20022003,
down from 3,235,313 in 19951996. The age-adjusted inpatient hospitalization
rate (per 100,000 population) reflects this trend, declining by 22.3% since 19951996
and by 3.3% between 20012002 and 20022003. While most provinces and
territories reported a decrease in inpatient hospitalizations between 20012002
and 20022003, increases were observed in Alberta (2.0%) and the Yukon Territory
(6.5%). The largest decreases in inpatient hospitalizations between 20012002
and 20022003 were reported by the Northwest Territories (8.0%) and New Brunswick
(4.9%)."
- incl. in this release: Same-Day Surgery | Length of Stay |
Hospitalizations | About CIHI | Charts/Tables | Contact
Charting
the Course, Progress Report: Two Years Later: How Are We Doing?
Posted
May 2004
Joint publication of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and
the Canadian Institute for Health Information
"This report documents the
progress made by CPHI and IPPH in responding to key population and public health
priorities identified in a cross-country consultation conducted in 2001. The priorities
are captured in Charting the Course: A Pan-Canadian Consultation on Population
and Public Health Priorities, released in 2002."
Also available on the
site:
Charting the Course, Progress Report: Two Years Later: How Are
We Doing?(2004) - PDF file - 229K, 31 pages
Charting the Course:
A Pan-Canadian Consultation on Population and Public Health Priorities
(2002) PDF file - 874K, 52 pages
NOTE: Click on the Charting the Course
link (above) to access either of these two reports. In each case, you'll be asked
on the following page to indicate what type of organization you're with and your
location (province/territory) "to help us prepare more useful and informative
reports." You have the option of answering the two questions using the drop-down
menus provided, or ignoring them. Then click on "Submit"to get to the
page with the link to the PDF file.
Related Links:
Canadian
Institute for Health Information
Canadian
Institutes of Health Research
From the
Canadian Population
Health Initiative (CPHI) :
[ Canadian
Institute for Health Information - CIHI ]
New
Report Examines Inequalities in Health
Canadians
must focus on opportunities to improve health
News Release
"February
25, 2004 - A new report from the Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI)
takes stock of enduring inequalities in health in Canada, including among children,
Aboriginal peoples and low-income Canadians. Improving the Health of Canadians
focuses on why some Canadians are healthy and others are not; and underscores
some of the choices communities face in creating more equal opportunities for
good health.
Summary
Report (PDF file - 507 KB, 43 pages)
Backgrounders:
* Income
* Early
Childhood Development
* Aboriginal
Peoples' Health
* Obesity
Complete report:
Improving the Health of Canadians 2004
PDF
version - 3.4MB, 173 pages
NOTE: clicking the PDF link above takes
you to a (free) registration page where you are asked for some personal info (name,
e-mail address, etc.). The Canadian Population Health Initiative is a Canadian
government organization, so you don't have to worry about your personal info being
used inappropriately. However, if you have a personal issue with divulging your
personal info online, just click "Submit" at the bottom without completing
it and you'll have access to the file.
Feedback - for your comments and suggestions re. Improving the Health of Canadians 2004
Related Links: POVERTY-
Globe & Mail ignores mention of broader determinants of health Related Links: Fat
'the new tobacco,' heart group warns Heart
and Stroke Foundation Warns Fat is New Tobacco |
Women
Live Longer Than Men but Life-Expectancy Figures Mask Major Health Problems
New
Report Provides First Comprehensive Look at Health of Canadian Women; Finds Disturbing
Risks Among Young Women
News Release
September 30, 2003
Canadian
Population Health Initiative (CPHI)
"Canadian women live longer than men,
but that doesnt mean theyre healthier. A new report shows that both
younger and older women are actually at higher risk than men for many serious
health problems."
- In this release: General Findings | Risks for Younger
Women | Risks for Older Women | Risks for Single Mothers and Rural Women | About
the Report | About CPHI | Contact
Table
of Contents - just the TOC, no links to actual content
Complete
report:
Women's
Health Surveillance Report :
A Multi-Dimensional Look at the Health of Canadian
Women (PDF file - 917K, 102 pages)
Poverty
and Health - CPHI Collected Papers
The Impact of Poverty on Health
by Shelley Phipps, June 2003 (PDF file -297K, 39 pages)
Policy Approaches
to Address the Impact of Poverty on Health by David P. Ross, June 2003
(293K, 33 pages)
Poverty and Health: Links to Action - proceedings
of the CPHI National Roundtable on Poverty and Health, March 26, 2002 (PDF file
- 232K, 36 pages)
Other
CPHI reports:
-
Children and Youth Health-CPHI Atlantic Regional Workshop
- Determinants of
Healthy Communities-CPHI Prairie Regional Workshop
- Place and Health-CPHI
Research Workshop Report
- "Initial Directions" Proceedings of CPHI's
First Roundtable on Aboriginal Peoples' Health
- Women's Health Surveillance
Report
Coming this fall:
- Aboriginal Peoples' Health-CPHI Roundtable
Series Reports 2 & 3
- Obesity in Canada-CPHI Roundtable Report
Some samples of recent CIHI site content:
Health
Care in Canada 2003
- includes new and updated
information on 27 key measures of health and health care for 74 health regions
in Canada, representing more than 95% of the country's population
- you'll
find all related content at the above link, including the media release, background