It may be tempting to view hospital parking fees as exploiting a captive market. But the reality is much more complex.
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Larger-bodied women report feeling humiliated and disrespected during their maternity care.
‘Inclusive, culturally safe’ care for LGBTQIA+ patients means more than just rainbow posters in the waiting room.
If Canadians want to fund education, health care and climate adaptation, Canada must grow its economy. And to do that, it needs smarter innovation policy.
Pennsylvania hospitals report an average 14% vacancy rate for registered nurses. In rural areas it is much higher.
Medicare Advantage − the private option that costs taxpayers extra and requires prior approval − is the default for some state agencies and corporations.
The court’s decision on whether Medicaid patients can choose their own health care provider could have consequences far beyond South Carolina.
Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.
Clinicians and health service heads are willing to accept a lower standard of care for people outside of major cities because they consider it ‘better than nothing’.
Despite the historic passage of pharmacare legislation, its rollout remains uncertain. While some provinces have already reached deals with Ottawa, others remain in discussions.
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
Despite a shortage of physicians, Canada still struggles with the question of whether a doctor licensed in one province should be automatically qualified to practice in others.
More than a century ago, the US learned what happens when there is no national response to a major health crisis.
You’re usually asked to rate pain from ‘no pain’ to ‘worst pain imaginable’. But does everyone imagine the same thing?
To support youth mental health, Canada must work towards reversing global megatrends like climate change and insecure employment, while also investing in youth mental health services.
Tracking disability policies has long been challenging − this will become a harder task under the Trump administration.
Thousands of American pharmacies have shuttered over the past five years.
Here’s what the evidence says, and how they work overseas.
Only 5% of guidelines define the terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’.
Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Karen Willis is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University
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Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Assistant Professor, Rutgers University - Newark
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Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor (adjunct) and Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst
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Indigenous Science Research Director, Indigenous Science and Engagement, CSIRO
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney