Budgets/Spending/Market Size

Rate of increase lower than inflation and population growth

The growth rate of health-care spending is gradually slowing in Canada, with the nation spending about $6,000 on each citizen this year.

A new study suggests the old concern that adopting an EMR will add extra work for family physicians and mean lower productivity over the long-term isn't founded in reality.

A national portrait by the Canadian Institute for Health Information made public on Tuesday says the actual number of working nurses has grown by seven per cent in the last five years, outpacing growth in the Canadian labour force and population.

Aging population means jobs in nursing, medicine and more.

As new numbers show that an increasing number of specialists are having difficulty finding work, Alberta is bringing in a two-year pilot project for physician assistants at hospitals and facilities.