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June
26, 2009
Canadian
Community Health Survey, 2008
In 2008, 84% of Canadians aged 12
or older reported that they had a regular medical doctor, down from 86% in 2003.
Between 2005 and 2008, the rate of Canadians who reported high blood pressure,
diabetes and influenza immunization increased. The reported prevalence of asthma
remained stable over this period.
June 25, 2009
Health
Profile
This profile features community-level data from a number of
sources including Statistics Canada's health surveys, administrative data, and
the census of population. The application is designed to give quick access to
the latest health-related data available for a selected health region, providing
the corresponding provincial data by default, but users can easily select any
region of choice for comparison.
June
25, 2009
Health
Indicators, 2009
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,
healthsystem performance and community and health-system characteristics.
Health
Indicators 2009
June
2009
Health Indicators 2009 is the tenth in a series of annual reports containing
the most recently available health indicators data from the Canadian Institute
for Health Information and Statistics Canada. In view of the 10-year anniversary,
this issue of the report also presents national trends over time for selected
indicators focusing on the following six themes: heart attacks and cardiac revascularization;
stroke; women's health and men's healthselected surgical procedures; hip
fractures; joint replacements; and preventing hospital admissions. The aim of
this information is to assist stakeholders and decision makers in the use and
interpretation of the indicator data.
- Table of contents, includes links to
PDF files for each chapter:
* Celebrating Ten Years of Health Indicators
* Health Indicator Framework
* In Focus: Heart Attacks and Cardiac Revascularization
* In Focus: Stroke
* In Focus: Women's Health, Men's Health - Selected Surgical
Procedures
* In Focus: Hip Fractures
* In Focus: Joint Replacement Surgery
* In Focus: Preventing Hospital Admissions
* Health Indicators-Region by Region
* Regional Map
Source:
Canadian
Institute for Health Information
Download
the
complete report in one file*
(PDF - 4.4MB, 148 pages)
June 2009
*NOTE:
Read the following before clicking the PDF link above:
< Begin Privacy Rant >
Any visitor who clicks
the PDF link above will be taken to an online form that demands information about
the visitor, including email address, in order to access the report.
To
the nice folks at the Canadian Institute for Health Information:
STOP
THAT!
Never, ever, force people to give you their email address in order
to access a public document on your site.
When a government website does that,
it's obstruction and intimidation. Period.
Stop it.
TIP
- for visitors who wish to download the complete PDF without adding your email
address to their list:
The report isn't sent to the email address that you
enter on the form - it just opens the next page.
So make up an email address
- I used "private@rogers.com" and I was able to download the report
.
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[I rant because you can't...]
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June
26, 2009
Canadian
Community Health Survey, 2008
In 2008, 84% of Canadians aged 12
or older reported that they had a regular medical doctor, down from 86% in 2003.
Between 2005 and 2008, the rate of Canadians who reported high blood pressure,
diabetes and influenza immunization increased. The reported prevalence of asthma
remained stable over this period.
Source:
The
Daily
[ Statistics
Canada ]
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UNICEF
Canada Report on Aboriginal Childrens Health Shows Disparities
Between
Aboriginal Children and National Averages a Major Childrens Right Challenge
Health
of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children Well Below National Averages
News
Release
June 24, 2009
Toronto - UNICEF Canada is marking the 20th anniversary
of the Convention on the Rights of the Child with the release today of a report
called Aboriginal Childrens Health: Leaving No Child Behind- the Canadian
Supplement to State of the Worlds Children 2009. UNICEF Canada partnered
with the National Collaborating Centre on Aboriginal Health to produce the report,
which examines the health of Aboriginal children in Canada through the perspectives
of national experts and analysis of existing data. The report concludes that health
disparities between First Nations, Inuit and Métis children relative to
national averages is one of the most significant childrens rights challenges
facing our nation.
Aboriginal Childrens
Health: Leaving No Child Behind:
The Canadian Supplement to State of the Worlds
Children 2009
* Complete
report (PDF - 6.6MB, 61 pages)
* Summary
(PDF - 379K, 4 pages)
* Highlights
(HTML)
[ Other UNICEF Canada Publications ]
Source:
UNICEF
Canada
Since 1955, UNICEF Canada has grown into a recognized national symbol
for the worlds children and the most visible United Nations presence across
the country. UNICEF Canadas mandate is to raise funds in support of UNICEFs
work for children in more than 150 countries and territories and build awareness
among Canadians about the issues facing the worlds children.
---
Related
link from UNICEF:
The
State of the Worlds Children, 2009:
Maternal and Newborn Health
January
2009
"The State of the World's Children 2009 examines critical issues
in maternal and newborn health, underscoring the need to establish a comprehensive
continuum of care for mothers, newborns and children. The report outlines the
latest paradigms in health programming and policies for mothers and newborns,
and explores policies, programmes and partnerships aimed at improving maternal
and neonatal health. Africa and Asia are a key focus for this report, which complements
the previous year's issue on child survival."
[ Previous editions of The State of the World's Children reports - back to 1996]
Source:
United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries
and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through
adolescence. The worlds largest provider of vaccines for developing countries,
UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality
basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence,
exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions
of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Related link:
Aboriginal
children's health below national averages: UNICEF
By Amy Minsky,
Canwest News Service
The infant mortality rate across Canadian First Nations
reserves is up to seven times higher than among the general population, according
to a report released Wednesday from UNICEF Canada. And between 2002 and 2006,
the tuberculosis rate among the Inuit was 90 times higher than in the non-Aboriginal
population in Canada, the study said. The report's authors said this disparity
is a symptom of a larger problem not all Canadian children are treated
equally when it comes to health care.
Source:
Canada.com
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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)
Report
on the State of Public Health in Canada 2008 Executive
summary (HTML) Canadas
Chief Public Health Officer Targets Health Inequalities in First Annual Report
------------- Excerpt
from the Income
section of the report: -------------- Source: Related link: Reducing
child poverty urged as health priority |
New from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada:
Reporting
on Health IndicatorsHealth Canada
December 2008
In 2000,
the Government of Canada and provincial and territorial governments reached an
historic agreement on health that set out a vision, principles, and an action
plan for health system renewal. The First Ministers' commitments on health also
called for improvements in accountability and reporting to Canadians and directed
federal, provincial, and territorial health ministers to develop indicators that
could be compared across jurisdictions and over time to measure progress on renewal.
All jurisdictions later committed to public reporting every two years on a number
of health indicatorsfor example, wait times and patient satisfaction with
health services. First Ministers' agreements in 2003 and 2004 further reiterated
reporting requirements.
News Release:
Report
on health indicators is of limited value to Canadians
(Chapter
8Reporting on Health IndicatorsHealth Canada - December 2008 Report
of the Auditor General)
February 5, 2009
Health Canada has published health
indicator reports as a result of commitments made by First Ministers in 2000,
2003, and 2004, says the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, in her Report
tabled today in the House of Commons. However, these reports do not meet the broader
intent of providing Canadians with information on the progress of health care
renewal.
Source:
2008
December Report of the Auditor General of Canada
February 5, 2009
[
Office of
the Auditor General of Canada ]
Poverty
is making us sick : A comprehensive survey
of income and health in Canada
(PDF - 522K, 39 pages)
By Ernie Lightman Ph.D, Andrew Mitchell and Beth Wilson
December
2008
"(...) the poorest one-fifth of Canadians, when compared to the richest
twenty percent, have:
more than double the rate of diabetes and heart
disease;
a sixty percent greater rate of two or more chronic health
conditions;
more than three times the rate of bronchitis;
nearly double the rate of arthritis or rheumatism."
Source:
Partners
in this report include:
Social
Assistance in the New Economy
Wellesley
Institute
Community Social
Planning Council of Toronto
Related Toronto Star article:
Higher
pay, better health
December 2, 2008
By Laurie Monsebraaten
Poverty
is making Canadians sick, robbing thousands of their health and creating huge
costs to the public health-care system, says a new report to be released today.
But boosting incomes of the poor even by $1,000 per year can lead
to significant health improvements, says the report by the University of Toronto's
Social Assistance in the New Economy program. (...) The study, based on the 2005
Canadian Community Health Survey, found that every $1,000 increase in income for
the poor resulted in nearly 10,000 fewer chronic health care problems.
Source:
healthzone.ca
[ part of the Toronto Star ]
| 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 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 |
Breakdown: "(...)One
in five Canadians will experience a mental illness in his or her lifetime. It
is a pervasive presence in almost all of our lives. And yet we rarely speak of
it. There is no better time to start than now. Over the next eight days, The Globe
and Mail and globeandmail.com will introduce you to a series of utterly compelling
Canadians people just like you and me who are struggling with mental
illnesses. In a landmark series called Breakdown, the subjects of our stories
will invite you deep into their lives. Their stories, told with empathy and intelligence,
will sweep away the myths around mental illness.(..) We will also explain how
public policies are failing when it comes to mental illness. And we will take
you to Scotland, a place that has risen to the challenge and has much to teach
the rest of the world." - links to over two dozen articles and other valuable resources, including an excellent list of links to mental health resources by province and territory and to general resources on mental health. Source:
|
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 [NOTE : See
the WHO link below.] *** From the World Health Organization: Inequities
are killing people on a "grand scale" Final
Report of the Closing the gap in a generation
: Health equity News Release - August 28, 2008 Other
publications of the Related links: The
Commission on Social Determinants of Health - what, why and how? NOTE:
One the Commission members is Monique Bégin, currently Professor
at the School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada, and former Minister
of National Health and Welfare. Source: ----------------------- Also found on The Wellesley Institute Blog: United Kingdom: 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) 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: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]:
June
18, 2008
Canadian
Community Health Survey, 2007
Statistics Canada today releases
extensive new data on more than 20 health indicators from the Canadian Community
Health Survey (CCHS), a comprehensive survey of more than 65,000 Canadians conducted
between January 2007 and December 2007. Data for all indicators are available
at the national and provincial and territorial level, as well as for 118 health
regions across Canada.
Health
Reports
A Canadian peer-reviewed journal of population health and health
services research
June 2008
Table of contents:
* Sedentary behaviour
and obesity - by Margot Shields and Mark S. Tremblay
* Screen
time among Canadian adults: A profile - by Margot Shields and Mark S.
Tremblay
NOTE: on the health reports page, you'll find links to articles from
earlier reports in 2008
[ more
health studies and reports from StatCan ]
Social
indicators (1981-2004, selected years):
* Health
<=== incl. total fertility rates, low birth weight in infants, total infant
deaths, mortality rate per 1,000 live births, life expectancy in years (female/male),
causes of death for men and women, Body Mass Index (males and females), percentage
of smokers, suicide rates
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.
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: 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.
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."
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.
Selected site content:
Reducing
Gaps in Health: A Focus on Socio-Economic Status in Urban Canada
November
24, 2008
Reducing Gaps in Health: A Focus on Socio-Economic Status in
Urban Canada provides a broad overview of the links between socio-economic
status and health in 15 Canadian census metropolitan areas (CMAs), while exploring
socio-economic patterns and gradients within those CMAs and across urban Canada.
-
incl. links to : Full Report | Sections | Companion Products | Media Release |
Summary Report | Executive Summary
Full
Report (PDF - 3MB, 171 pages)
Table
of contents (HTML) - download individual sections of the report
Executive
Summary (PDF - 66K, 4 pages)
Canadians
in lower socio-economic groups more likely to be hospitalized for mental illness,
child asthma
New CIHI study examines health differences in 15 urban areas
in Canada; finds gaps wider in some areas than others.
News Release
November
24, 2008
Source:
Canadian
Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
CIHI is an independent, not-for-profit
organization that provides essential data and analysis on Canadas health
system and the health of Canadians.
Also from CIHI:
National
Health Expenditure Trends, 1975 to 2008
November 13, 2008
-
includes updated expenditure data by source of funds (sector) and use of funds
(category) at the provincial/territorial level and for Canada.
Health
Care in Canada (annual report)
"This
report provides up-to-date information on what we know and don't know about the
performance of Canada's health care system. Topics covered in the report include
the outcomes of care, health expenditures and Canada's health care professionals.
Included with this report is a Health Indicators insert, providing new data on
a range of health and health system-related indicators at both regional and provincial/territorial
levels."
--------------------------------------------
May
29, 2008
Health
Indicators, 2008
The publication Health Indicators is a joint project
between Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
that provides the latest information about the health system and the health of
the population in Canada's health regions, provinces and territories. The Health
Indicators 2008 print publication is available today and includes a selection
of indicator data and presents analysis on hospitalization rates for ambulatory
care sensitive conditions.
Complete report:
Health
Indicators 2008
PDF
version (2MB, 96 pages)
HTML
version - table of contents and related products + link to full PDF version
[
CIHI
News Release and Highlights - May 29 ]
Health
Care in Canada 2006
June 2006
-download the report in sections
or as one
single file (PDF file - 784K, 113 pages)
Health Care in Canada 2006 - Fact Sheet (PDF file - 103K, 1 page)
Heart
attack survival rates improvestroke death rates remain the same
In-hospital
mortality rates within 30 days of admission with a new heart attack or stroke
differ significantly among regions
News
Release
June 7, 2006Canadians admitted to hospital with a new heart attack
are less likely to die in hospital within 30 days than in the past, according
to a new report released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information
(CIHI). (...) Health Care in Canada 2006, [is] CIHIs seventh
annual publication on the state of the health system. For the first time, this
years report provides trends for two key health indicators: short-term mortality
rates following admission with a new heart attack and short-term mortality rates
following admission with a new stroke. It also examines how these death rates
vary across the country and explores factors that may be associated with better
or worse odds of survival, including age, sex and the types of care that patients
receive.
- incl.Regional differences | Types of care influence survival rates
| Different outcomes for different patients | Other highlights this year | Health
Care in Canada 2006 | About CIHI | Figures | Report | Contact
---------------------------------------------------------------
Health
Care in Canada, 2005
June 2005
"Part A: A Look Inside Canada's
Health System summarizes recent developments in health and health care. It includes
an overview of health spending and updated information on how Canadians view the
health system and the services that they have received.
* Part B: A Focus
on Volumes and Outcomes includes information on the distribution of select procedures
across Canada and in-depth analyses of the relationship between hospital volumes
and patient outcomes.."
Table of Contents --- List
of Selected Figures
- Incl. links to downloads by section and the
entire report in a single file
- includes links to the complete report and
to individual chapters
Mortality
Rate Lower in Higher-Volume Hospitals
News Release
June 8, 2005
"A
new report released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
shows that Canadians have a better chance of surviving some types of highly specialized
surgeries in hospitals where greater numbers of these procedures are performed."
--------------------------------------------
Links to Reports for Current and Previous Years - back to 2000
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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
"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, backgrounders,
table of contents, downloadable PDF versions of the complete report and individual
chapters, a feedback form for your views on the report, etc.
Fourth
annual report highlights advances, opportunities in primary health care
Comprehensive
report provides baselines to measure progress of reforms
Media Release
May
28, 2003
"Health Care in Canada 2003, produced by CIHI with assistance
from Statistics Canada, offers current and updated information at local, regional,
national, and international levels from many different sources, including CIHI
studies and data from Statistics Canada. The 2003 report also 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. For
the first time, regions with a population of 75,000 or more are included in the
comparisons. These data are available in the accompanying document, Health Indicators
2003."
Health Indicators 2003
Table
of Contents (does not include links to the complete report, but gives
a quick overview of its content)
Complete
Report (PDF file - 1.4MB, 154 pages)
NOTE: [free] registration is required
to download this report
Excerpts
from Spending
on Health Care-The $34 Billion Question (Backgrounder): |
Canadian Health Network - "The (CHN) is a new and growing network, bringing together resources of leading Canadian health organizations and international health information providers."
Canadian
Health Care System Links
(from about.com)
Excellent collection of links to federal and provincial/territorial
government health care sites, all on one page
National Forum on Health The National Forum on Health is an initiative of the Government of Canada launched on October 20, 1994. The Forum officially ended its operations on June 13, 1997. This website contains background information, reports, press releases, and just about anything else you might want to know about the Forum. |
Women's
Health Bureau
Health Canada
- incl. links to : About Women's Health Bureau - Women's Health Strategy
- Facts & Issues - Key Activities
- Resources - Links
Some sample content:
- Women's
Health Strategy (last updated 01/02)
- Key
Activities includes links to : Women's Health Strategy - Centres of Excellence
for Women's Health Program - Menopause - Gender-Based Analysis Initiative - Health
Canada`s Gender-Based Analysis Policy - Ninth Conference of the Spouses of Heads
of State and Government of the Americas - Women's Health Bureau Open House
- Links
to Women's Sites - incl. links to women's health organizations in Canada,
the U.S. and other countries
Centres
of Excellence for Women's Health (Health Canada)
- "The Women's Health Bureau of Health Canada is funding five Centres of Excellence
for Women's Health over six years (1996-2002). The Centres are multi-disciplinary
and operate as partnerships among academics, community-based organizations and
policy makers. Their major aim is to inform the policy process and narrow the
knowledge gap on gender and health determinants."
-
Northern FIRE : Northern Secretariat
of the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
- B.C.
Centre of Excellence for Women's Health - Children's & Women's Hospital,
Vancouver
- Prairie
Women's Health Centre of Excellence - Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon
- National
Network on Environments and Women's Health - York University, Toronto
- Centre of Excellence
for Women's Health - Université de Montréal
- Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's
Health - Halifax
Related Links:
CEWH
Research Bulletin
- this link takes you to the table of contents of
the current issue of the bulletin (Spring 2002); down the left side of the page,
you'll also find links to five earlier issues (back the the fall of 2000); in
each case, you can either click on the individual sections of the bulletin to
read them selectively or you can download the entire issue in PDF format.
-
topics covered include : caregiving, women and health care reform, what counts
and whos counted in womens health research, women with disabilities,
Aboriginal women's health issues, midwifery, diversity and more...
The
Canadian Women's Health Network
"The Canadian
Women's Health Network (CWHN) was officially launched in May, 1993 by women representing
over 70 organizations from every province and territory. Based on the visions,
hopes and needs of women working in the women's health movement, the CWHN emerged
from the generous dedication of health care workers, educators, advocates, consumers
and other Canadians committed to sharing information, resources and strategies
to better women's health."
- incl. links to : Network Magazine - Women's
Health Topics - Women's Health Databases - Women's Health Links - Centres of Excellence
for Women's Health - Brigit's Notes - About CWHN - Text Index - What's Hot - Health
Links - What's New - français
What's new from the Canadian Women's Health Network:
Network
magazine
Spring/Summer - Volume 10, Number 2
June 2008
HTML
version
PDF
version (1.8MB, 36 pages)
Feature articles:
*
Editor's Note
* Feeling the heat: Women's health in a changing climate
*
Evidence for caution: Women and statin use
* The HPV vaccine, one year later
*
Charter challenge on drugs ads: A challenge in the wrong direction
* Labels,
laws and access to health care: How history affects health-care access for First
Nations and Métis women
* Cherchez la femme in minority francophone
communities
* Barbara Seaman (1935-2008): Pioneer in the women's health movement
*
Status positive: Supporting women immigrants and refugees with HIV/AIDS
* 'Women
CARE' in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
* Highs & lows: Canadian perspectives
on women and substance use
-- and much more!
See also:
Brigit's
Notes: Women's Health E-bulletin
Brigit's
Notes is a monthly electronic bulletin that's full of great women's health news.
Source:
Canadian
Women's Health Network (CWHN)
The Canadian Women's Health Network was created
in 1993 as a voluntary national bilingual organization to improve the health and
lives of girls and women in Canada and the world by collecting, producing, distributing
and sharing knowledge, ideas, education, information, resources, strategies and
inspirations.
CWHN Partners:
* Centres of Excellence for Women's Health
* CBRN Research & Technology Initiative
* Women and Health Care Reform
Subscribe
to receive thebulletin by email
The
Brigit Archives - issues of the bulletin back to 2001
Subscribe to receive the E-bulletin by email
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Network
online magazine - latest issue (Spring/Summer 2007)
Table of contents:
* Editor's Note
* Aboriginal women too often the victims of racialized,
sexualized violence
* Memorials for women across Canada
* The Global Women's
Memorial Website
* Violence prevention is a public health issue
*The Children's
Fitness Tax Credit: Less than meets the eye
* Poor health and economic insecurity
are realities for female unpaid caregivers
* Recommended resources
* more...
Back issues of Network magazine (links to several hundred articles going back to 1996)
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Version française:
Le bloc-notes de Brigit :
Babillard électronique
Dernière
édition
Abonnement
au bulletin par courriel
Le
Réseau - dernier numéro
Anciens
numéros de la revue Le Réseau (jusqu'à 1996)
Source:
Réseau
canadien pour la santé des femmes
Primary
Health Care Reform and Women (PDF file - 423K,
24 pages)
September 2005
"Given that women
are both the majority of the users of the health care system and the majority
of health care providers, how can reforms be made to work for all women
no matter where they live, what their income levels, education, language or health
issue, sexual orientation or level of physical disability? (...)
Examines the
debates about primary health care reforms and their impact on women and their
health. Argues that these reforms are really about womens work even though
women are not the ones making most of the decisions."
Source:
National
Coordinating Group on Health Care Reform and Women
[ Centres
of Excellence for Women's Health ]
and
[ Canadian
Women's Health Network ]
[ funded by Health
Canada's Bureau of Women's Health and Gender Analysis ]
- Go to the Canadian Government Sites about Women's Social Issues page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/women.htm
| Health-Related Links from Health Canada |
Health
Services Restructuring: New Evidence and New Directions
Conference
November
17-18, 2005
Kingston, Ontario
Organized by the John Deutsch Institute and
the Institute for Research on Public Policy
"The principal objective of
the conference is to shift debate away from polarizing issues and focus instead
on use of evidence and empirical analysis to examine specific structural innovations
to better understand impacts on service delivery and to help identify what works
and what doesnt."
Program
(PDF file - 64K, 3 pages)
Registration
form
Register
online
Source:
John
Deutsch Institute
Institute for
Research on Public Policy
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Genuine
solutions to health care wait-time problem lie in the public sector
Press
Release
December 15, 2005
"OTTAWAA study released today by the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that there are public sector solutions
to Canadas wait list problems. While often touted, private for-profit clinics
actually tend to make things worse.Author Dr. Michael Rachlis asserts that, instead
of going down this road, Canadians should choose public sector solutions. The
paper highlights two innovative approaches:
1. establish more specialized public
short-stay surgical centres; and
2. adopt modern methods of queue management
from other sectors.
Complete study:
Public Solutions to Health Care Waitlists - PDF file, 308K, 38 pages
Source:
Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives
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The
Health of Canadians
December 5, 2006
The Health of Canadians is
the newest addition to Stats & Facts, a series of popular CCSD
fact sheets that also includes:
* Demographics * Family * Education * Health
* Economic Security * Labour Market
- the health fact sheet includes graphics
and tables on the following topics:
Health Care System
* Spending
on Health Care * Spending on Prescription Drugs * Access to Doctors * Patient
Satisfaction
Health Behaviours
* Physical Activity * Obesity * Smoking
*
Health Status
* Self-rated Health
Chronic Health Conditions
*
Asthma * Diabetes * Depression
Leading Causes of
Death
* Circulatory Disease * Cancer
Source:
Stats
& Facts
Source:
Stats
& Facts
[ Canadian
Council on Social Development ]
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Poverty
makes Ontario sick
August 5, 2008
Economic
inequality translates into limited access to health-care for province's poor
Source:
The
Toronto Star
NOTE: The co-authors
of this article, Dr. Michael Rachlis, Dr. Gary Bloch and Dr. Itamar Tamari,
were
also involved in writing the following series of three articles in the May 2008
issue of the Ontario Medical Review:
Poverty
and Health: article series
The Ontario Physicians Poverty Work Group has
prepared a series of articles that provide physicians with an overview of the
issues related to poverty and health, indicators and resources that can be used
in practice, along with strategies to help mitigate the health effects of poverty
in individual patients and communities.
* Part 1: Why poverty makes us sick (PDF - 157K, 6 pages)
* Part 2: Identifying poverty in your practice and community (PDF - 143K, 5 pages)
* Part 3: Strategies for physicians to mitigate the health effects of poverty (PDF - 2MB, 5 pages)
Source:
Ontario
Medical Review May 2008 issue
[ Ontario
Medical Association ]
Related link:
Doctors
Point to Poverty as Major Cause of Illness
New report shows how poverty
impacts health and what doctors can do to
help address this growing health-care
crisis
TORONTO, July 29 /CNW/ - A new report by a group of Ontario
doctors highlights the ways in which poverty affects the health outcomes of adults
and children and the role health-care professionals can play in reducing the impact
of poverty on people's health. The report, "Why poverty makes us sick,"
authored by The Ontario Physicians Poverty Work Group, reveals that poverty substantially
raises the rate of chronic illness, infant mortality and lowers life expectancy.
Source:
CNW
Group (formerly Canada Newswire)
United States/International
[The
links below are in reverse chronological order]
Measuring
disparities in health status and in
access and use of health care in OECD
countries (PDF - 514K, 55 pages)
March 9, 2009
[incl. Canada]
By
Michael de Looper and Gaetan Lafortune
This paper assesses the availability
and comparability of selected indicators of inequality in health status and in
health care access and use across OECD countries, focussing on disparities among
socioeconomic groups. These indicators are illustrated using national or cross-national
data sources to stratify populations by income, education or occupation level.
In each case, people in lower socioeconomic groups tend to have a higher rate
of disease, disability and death, use less preventive and specialist health services
than expected on the basis of their need, and for certain goods and services may
be required to pay a proportionately higher share of their income to do so.
Source:
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development
Measuring
disparities in health status and in
access and use of health care in OECD
countries (PDF - 514K, 55 pages)
[incl. Canada]
March 9, 2009
By
Michael de Looper and Gaetan Lafortune
This paper assesses the availability
and comparability of selected indicators of inequality in health status and in
health care access and use across OECD countries, focussing on disparities among
socioeconomic groups. These indicators are illustrated using national or cross-national
data sources to stratify populations by income, education or occupation level.
In each case, people in lower socioeconomic groups tend to have a higher rate
of disease, disability and death, use less preventive and specialist health services
than expected on the basis of their need, and for certain goods and services may
be required to pay a proportionately higher share of their income to do so.
Source:
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development
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What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
Health
at a glance 2007: OECD indicators
November 15, 2007
Progress
in the prevention and treatment of diseases has contributed to remarkable improvements
in life expectancy and quality of life in OECD countries in recent decades. At
the same time, spending on health care continues to climb, consuming an ever-increasing
share of national income: health expenditure now accounts for 9% of GDP on average
in OECD countries, up from just over 5% in 1970.
Source:
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Challenges
in health and health care for Australia
By Bruce K Armstrong, James
A Gillespie, Stephen R Leeder, George L Rubin and Lesley M Russell
The
Medical Journal of Australia
Posted 13-11-2007
Our health system is
stretched by an ageing population, the growing burden of chronic illness, and
the increasingly outmoded organisation of our health services. Inequalities in
health between our most and least advantaged citizens persist, and are the sentinels
that remind us that there is no room for complacency, or for inertia in reforming
our health care system.
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Michael Moore and National Health Care: Lies of the Left and the Right
Posted August 7, 2007
In Moore's film the first president Bush is seen dismissing
the idea of socialized medicine, remarking that if you think it could work, "Ask
a Canadian." The fact is that while many Canadians have criticisms of their health
care system, almost none would choose a U.S.-style, for-profit system. They would
laugh at the idea that it would work better for them.
Source:
Huffington
Post (U.S.)
Related links:
SiCKO - the official movie website
MichaelMoore.com - includes "SiCKO Factual Backup"
SiCKO - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The
Medicaid Resource Book
This reference book describes four pivotal
aspects of how the Medicaid program operates -- who it covers, what it covers,
how it is financed, and how it is administered. It was written to assist the public
and policymakers in understanding the structure and operation of the Medicaid
program.
Table of Contents : * Medicaid Eligibility * Medicaid Benefits * Medicaid
Financing * Medicaid Administration * Medicaid Glossary * Appendix 1: Medicaid
Legislative History, 1965-2000 * Appendix 2: Index to Medicaid Statute * Appendix
3: Index to Medicaid Regulations * Appendix 4: Selected Resources from KCMU *
Appendix 5: Selected Internet Medicaid Resources
Source:
Kaiser
Commission on Medicaid and The Uninsured
[ Kaiser
Family Foundation ]
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Snapshots:
Health Care Costs
This is "a series of online publications ...
that use charts, data and analysis to provide insight into the political and policy
debates about the cost of health care in the United States." Some of the
topics include out-of-pocket spending for health care, insurance premium cost-sharing
and coverage take-up, health care spending in the U.S. compared with other countries,
and effect of changes in medical technology on health care costs.
Source:
Kaiser
Family Foundation
Reviewed in:
New
this Week
[New This Week Archive
- links to weekly issues back to October 2005]
[ Librarians'
Internet Index ]
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Pew
Center on the States: Special Report on Medicaid 2006
Bridging the Gap Between Care and Cost
(U.S.)
This special report on Medicaid, by
the Pew Center on the States, seeks to analyze the real-world experiences of states,
highlight examples of what works and what doesn't, and inform a crucial policy
debate that will affect the lives of millions of Americans.
- incl. links to
the Complete report
(PDF file - 292K, 24 pages) and to a table of contents (copied below) with links
to the individual chapters in HTML.
Table of contents:
Overview
*
The Great Debate Medicaid in the eye of the storm
* The Challenge of Change
Balancing cost controls with the health of millions
The States at Work
*
Long-term care Medicaid's Third Rail
* Prescription drugs The Rx Factor: Controlling
prescription drug costs
* Technology The Great eHealth Hope: How technology
can help
* Cost sharing Something of Value: Experiments in cost sharing
* Management Tools to Live By: Managing for better performance
* Private insurance
Trading Places: Tapping into private insurance
* Reform The Radical Reformers:
A new approach
* About the Report
* Related
Resources - Links to over 800 reports
from the 50 states pertaining to Medicaid and related health issues. These reports
were published in 2004 and 2005 and come from many different sources, including
auditors, legislatures, a wide variety of state agencies and research organizations.
Resources can be browsed by state or topic.
News Release:
Pew
Center on the States Examines State Innovation in Medicaid Policy
January
1, 2006
(Philadelphia, PA) - All 50 states are experimenting with new ways
to try to rein in Medicaid costs. While these approaches may save money, they
could limit the program's capacity to provide vital health care to the nearly
60 million Americans who depend on it. Which reforms have been most effective?
What may be the unintended consequences of reforms to Medicaid? The Pew Center
on the States, a division of The Pew Charitable Trusts, today issued its first
state policy report, Special Report on Medicaid: Bridging the Gap Between Care
and Cost, which analyzes how state Medicaid programs are wrestling with rising
costs and highlights examples of which innovations are working, which are not,
and why.
Source:
Pew
Center on the States
"The Pew Center conducts highly credible
research, brings together diverse perspectives, analyzes states' experiences to
determine what works and what doesn't, and collaborates with other funders and
organizations to shine a spotlight on nonpartisan, pragmatic solutions."
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Global
Health Watch 2005-2006
"Global Health Watch 2005-2006 is a
collaboration of public health experts, non-governmental organizations, community
groups, health workers and academics. It presents a hard-hitting assessment of
inequalities in health and health care and is aimed at challenging the
major institutions, such as the World Health Organization, that influence health."
-
use the links near the top of the page to download the report as one large file
or individual chapters
Global
Health Action 2005-2006 (PDF file - 2MB, 24 pages)
"Global
Health Action is a campaign tool based on the first Global Health Watch, published
in July 2005.
Source:
Global
Health Watch
"... a broad collaboration of public health experts,
non-governmental organizations, civil society activists, community groups, health
workers and academics. It was initiated by the Peoples Health Movement,
Global Equity Gauge Alliance and Medact."
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Cover
The Uninsured Week - U.S.
May 1-8, 2005
"Today,
45 million Americans have no health insurance, including more than 8 million children.
Eight out of 10 uninsured Americans either work or are in working families. Being
uninsured means going without needed care..."
Cover The Uninsured Week
is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Who's Involved - Former Presidents Ford and Carter are again serving as Honorary Co-Chairs for Cover the Uninsured Week...
Source:
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted
exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals
to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change.
Research on U.S. Health Insurance Coverage - links to reports, journal articles and books on health insurance coverage in the U.S. from 1999 to 2005
Related Canadian Links:
Conservative
vets offer a new vision
Manning and Harris propose scrapping Canada Health
Act, rebuilding U.S. relations
CanWest News Service
April 14, 2005
"OTTAWA
- Preston Manning and Mike Harris, two prominent Conservatives, have sketched
a vision for Canada that includes a new customs agreement with the United States
and a dramatically revamped health care system. The two former politicians released
a report yesterday that also calls for a tight rein on government spending and
deep tax cuts as part of a strategy they say is aimed at giving Canada the highest
quality of life in the world."
Source:
The
National Post
Executive
Summary + link to the complete report
Source:
The
Fraser Institute
Commentary:
Two former
American presidents, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, are co-chairing
Cover the Uninsured Week in the U.S., a national initiative to encourage "individuals
and organizations from every sector of society to join together to tell our leaders
that health care coverage for all Americans must be their top priority."
And here in Canada, we have one former provincial Premier and one former federal
Opposition leader proposing to "scrap the Health Act."
As Keith Banting
said in 1995 to the Parliamentary Committee studying the Canada Health and Social
Transfer (which was to take effect in April of 1996) and its impact on Canadian
society, "those of us who have recently visited large American cities may
well have seen our future."
Forty-five million Americans have *no* health
insurance coverage, and millions more are not covered for the full year.
The
Institute of Medicine estimates that 18,000 Americans die each year because they
dont have health coverage.
Duh.
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America's
Health: State Health Rankings - 2004 Edition
- incl. links to :
Intro and Findings (Foreword and Introduction, Measures of Success, 2004 Results,
Changes from 2003, 1990, Comparison to Other Nations) - Components - State Snapshots
- Methodology - Commentaries and Special Features - Appendices (Occupational Fatalities,
Health Disparity, Index of Tables [total of 37 tables])
Source:
State
Health Rankings Home Page
[ United
Health Foundation ]
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Health Care Insurance in the U.S.:
Healthcare
and Insurance
Health care plans, health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid,
Blue Cross Blue Shield. Find information on healthcare.
Medicare,
Medicaid, Differences and Similarities
Information on Medicare and
Medicaid, learn about differences, health insurance, health care, plans.
Health
Care and Medical Plans
Find information on healthcare, health care
plans, different types of health insurance.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Social
determinants of health. The solid facts
Edited by Richard Wilkinson
and Michael Marmot
October 2003
"(...) This publication examines this
social gradient in health, and explains how psychological and social influences
affect physical health and longevity. It then looks at what is known about the
most important social determinants of health today, and the role that public policy
can play in shaping a social environment that is more conducive to better health."
-
incl. the following determinants: The social gradient - Stress - Early life -
Social exclusion - Work - Unemployment - Social support - Addiction - Food - Transport
Brief
Intro + ordering info + link to free online report
Complete
report (PDF file - 474K, 33 pages)
Source:
World
Health Organization
Regional Office for Europe
Health
at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003
October 2003
"...brings
together the latest comparable data and trends concerning health status and risks,
the activity and resources of health care systems, as well as health expenditure
and financing across the 30 OECD countries. It contains a larger set of indicators
than the previous edition. Overall, more than 30 indicators are presented.
NOTE:
You have to purchase the book OECD
Health Data 2003 (available on line at SourceOECD or on CD-ROM from the OECDs
online bookshop) for the detailed data
- incl. free info about Canada (among
other countries) in country reports and eight charts covering a range of topics,
from health expenditure as a percentage of GDP (2001) and health expenditure by
source of funding (2000) to acute care beds per 1000 population (2000) and increasing
obesity rates among the adult population...
OECD
Health Data 2003 - Frequently asked data - 20 tables to " offer a
sample of variables that can be found in OECD Health Data 2003, including data
from the 1st Internet update (July 9, 2003).
- incl. country comparisons of
life expectancy, infant mortality, expenditures on health, acute care beds / hospital
discharges per 1000 population, alcohol and tobacco consumption, % of population
65 years old and over, and more...
Health
at a Glance OECD Indicators 2003 Briefing note (Canada) - October
2003 (PDF file - 20K, 3 pages)
Source: Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
State
Health Facts Online (U.S.)
"Provided by the Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation, State Health Facts discloses important health and health policy
information for all fifty states and US territories. Data are divided into ten
categories -- demographics and the economy, health status, health coverage and
uninsured, medicaid and CHIP, medicare, health costs and budgets, managed care
and health insurance, providers and service use, women's health, minority health,
and HIV/ AIDS -- and are displayed as tables, rankings, graphs, or color-coded
maps. Users may access individual state profiles and then compare them to other
states, or the US as a whole. Also available is a complete list of all the categories,
subcategories, and topics that are available on the State Health Facts Online
site; links to over 40 Kaiser Family Foundation reports and related resources;
a glossary; methodology; and contact information."
Reviewed by The
Scout Report (July 19, 2002)
Copyright Internet
Scout Project 1994-2002
Related Link:
Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation
National
Institutes of Health (NICHD) - U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
The National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD) seeks to assure that every individual is born healthy,
is born wanted, and has the opportunity to fulfill his or her potential for a
healthy and productive life unhampered by disease or disability. In pursuit of
this mission, the NICHD conducts and supports laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological
research on the reproductive, neurobiologic, developmental, and behavioral processes
that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families, and populations.
See the impressive list of almost 40 Institutes,
Centers and Offices attached to the NICHD - you'll find links to health information
covering a wide range of topics such as cancer, genome research, alcohol and drug
abuse, mental health, nursing research, global health, and much more.
Here
are links to just two of the institutes of the NICHD:
National
Institute of Aging (NIA)
The National Institute
on Aging is a component of the NICHD that is devoted to improving the health of
older people.
National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NICHD research
on fertility, pregnancy, growth, development, and medical rehabilitation strives
to ensure that every child is born healthy and wanted and grows up free from disease
and disability.
"Measuring
Up"- Improving Health Systems Performance in OECD Countries
OECD
Health Conference on Performance Measurement and Reporting
5-7 November 2001,
The Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Canada
- incl. links to conference programme - abstracts
- speaker biographies - list of participants - registration - info fair - participants
information - media information - related sites
The
2000 Green Book of Entitlement Programs
Background
Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways
and Means
October 2000
By
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
The
Green Book consists of background material and data on programs within the jurisdiction
of the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives. It is
compiled by the staff of the Committee from many sources and it provides program
descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics,
including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health
insurance, disability, the elderly, families with children, national and international
health care expenditures and health insurance coverage, poverty and taxation.
It has become a standard reference work for those interested in the direction
of social policy in the United States.
Source : Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) (principal advisor to the Secretary
of the Department of Health and Human Services)
Social
Statistics Briefing Room - U.S.
Here you will find the most recent statistics on:
-
Crime
- Demographics
- Education
- Health
International
Reform Monitor (from the Bertelsmann Foundation [see below]- Europe)
This Bertelsmann Foundation website gives a wide range of well-selected
information on social policy (health care, pensions provision, family policy,
state welfare), labour market policy and industrial relations in 15 OECD countries:
Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America.
The
Bertelsmann Foundation (Europe)
Working on
more than 180 projects (as of December 2000) in the fields of Economics, State
and Public Administration, Media, Politics, Public Libraries, Medicine and
Health Service, Philanthropy and Foundations, Culture and Universities, the
Bertelsmann Foundation wants to help solve current social problems.
- See the Bertelsmann Foundation sitemap
for an overview of what you'll find on this large site.
Tackling
Inequalities: 10 Years On
A review of developments in tackling health inequalities
in England over the last 10 years
May 7,
2009
Tackling Health Inequalities: 10 Years On examines the
changes in policies, determinants and outcomes that have shaped health inequalities
in England over the last 10 years and sets out the key lessons and challenges.
It provides the context and background for the recently announced post-2010 strategic
review of health inequalities commissioned to look forward to 2020 and beyond."
NOTE
- to access the complete report (PDF - 3.8MB),
click the link above and, on
the next page that opens, click the download link at the bottom of the text box.
Source:
United
Kingdom Department of Health
[ Found in a Blog
posting by nimira
from The Wellesley
Institute ]
Related link:
Government
Response to The Health Select Committee Report on Health Inequalities
U.K. Department of Health
22 May 2009
This Government response addresses,
in turn, the individual conclusions and recommendations of the Committees
report. (...) It acknowledges that there is still much to learn and that this
learning including through evidence, audit and evaluation will continue
to inform the development of our approach now and in the future.
NOTE -
to access the complete report(PDF - 1.1MB),
click the link above and, on the
next page that opens, click the download link at the bottom of the text box.
More reports on health inequalities in England - from the Department of Health
World
Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is the directing
and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is
responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health
research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy
options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing
health trends.
Inequities are killing people
on a "grand scale"
28 August 2008 -- Differences in mortality
between - and within - countries result from the social environment where people
are born, live, grow, work and age. These "social determinants of health"
have been the focus of a three-year investigation. The recommendations from this
investigation, released today, focus on policies to redress social equalities
globally, nationally and locally.
Final
Report of the
Commission on Social Determinants of Health (main page)
-
includes links to the news release, backgrounders, the executive summary in six
languages, links to the complete report and individual chapters, streaming video
of the news conference and an interview with the chair of the Commission about
the report
Closing the gap in a generation
: Health equity
through action on the social determinants of health
Executive
summary (PDF - 4.3MB,
Complete
report (PDF - 7.3MB, 256 pages)
NOTE: See "The report in sections"
on the main page for links to the individual chapters of the report in PDF format
News Release - August 28, 2008
Other
publications of the
Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Related links:
The
Commission on Social Determinants of Health - what, why and how?
The
Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) is a global network of policy
makers, researchers and civil society organizations1 brought together by the World
Health Organization (WHO) to give support in tackling the social causes of poor
health and avoidable health inequalities (health inequities).
NOTE:
One the Commission members is Monique Bégin, currently Professor
at the School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada, and former Minister
of National Health and Welfare.
On the Comments
from Commissioners page, Madame Bégin notes: "Canada likes to
brag that for seven years in a row the United Nations voted us "the best
country in the world in which to live". Do all Canadians share equally in
that great quality of life? No they don't. The truth is that our country is so
wealthy that it manages to mask the reality of food banks in our cities, of unacceptable
housing (1 in 5), of young Inuit adults very high suicide rates. This report is
a wake up call for action towards truly living up to our reputation."
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World
Health Organization: The Department of Gender, Women and Health
The
World Health Organizations Department of Gender, Women and Health (GWH)
brings attention to the ways in which biological and social differences
between women and men affect health and the steps needed to achieve health equity.
On their homepage, visitors can look at the right-hand side to get quick information
about upcoming events sponsored by the GWH, read their monthly update, and also
click on a link that will take them to the latest publications from the GWH team.
On the left-hand side of the page, visitors can learn more about some of their
specific areas of interest, including work on gender-based violence, gender and
HIV/AIDS, and gender mainstreaming. Additionally, the Gender and other health
topics area includes information sheets on gender and blindness, gender
and mental health, as well as many other topics.
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