Budgets/Spending/Market Size

Balance between FFS and alternative payment plans stabilizes: CIHI
The RVU solution

The Medical Post 2019 Relatively Ranking shows big variations between top-billing specialties and bottom-billing specialties. Could an element in the U.S. system have an answer?
Despite progress, Canada’s organ supply still isn’t meeting demand
Canada’s top 40 research hospitals spent $2.68 billion in 2018, up 2.9%
Family doctors vote to allow continued industry sponsorship of Family Medicine Forum

In a survey sent out to CFPC members, 47% said they were opposed to discontinuing sponsorship despite concerns over industry influence
Report predicts drug resistance likely to kill 400,000 Canadians by 2050

Currently, the problem costs the national healthcare system $1.4 billion a year and by 2050, that figure is projected to grow to $7.6 billion
Brand drug discount cards increase private insurer costs by 46%

Discount cards for brand-name drugs provided to patients increased private insurer costs by 46% and varied in their impact on out-of-pocket payments by patients, found new research in the CMAJ.
Health spending in Canada reaches $264 billion: CIHI

Larger portion of Canada’s public drug dollars spent on high-cost drugs