Budgets/Spending/Market Size

Ontario emergency room doctors are increasingly finding themselves under the microscope as the provincial Liberals seek to cut away at the nearly $15-billion deficit.

HAMILTON, ONT. | The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) has been launched at McMaster University. Over the next 20 years, 50,000 men and women aged 45 to 85 will be followed as part of the national, long-term study of health and aging.

Universal healthcare and an aging population will see Canada’s pharmaceutical market more than double in value before the end of the decade, says research by healthcare industry analysts GlobalData.

TORONTO | Although Canadians are aware the incidence of Alzheimer’s is expected to double in the next 15 years, the vast majority of them have not prepared a homecare contingency plan in the event that they or a loved one are diagnosed with the disease.

TORONTO | The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) says it is "extremely disappointed" with the provincial government's reported intention to cap salaries for newly hired hospital executives at $418,000 a year.

CALGARY | An average Canadian family of two adults and two children will pay about $11,400 in taxes for Canada’s so-called “free” healthcare in 2012, according to a new report from the conservative public-policy think tank, the Fraser Institute.