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Access to Care in the North
"Access to family and community-based health care services is a particular challenge in Northern communities, where the system's capacity to provide timely, health care services to a remote population can be limited. The federal government has agreed to help to address the unique challenges facing the development and delivery of health care services in the North on a priority basis"-10-year plan to strengthen health care
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Progress Report 2012: Health care renewal in Canada | |
| June 2012 | ||
| This report on Canada's health care performance is a pan-Canadian look at progress to date in home and community care, health human resources, telehealth, access to care in the North and health indicators. Read more | ||
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Rekindling Reform: Health Care Renewal in Canada, 2003 – 2008 | |
| January 2008 | ||
| This report looks back at five years of activity intended to strengthen the capacity of the public health care system to deliver timely, high-quality care. The 2003 First Ministers’ Accord on Health Care Renewal has been a catalyst for positive change in some areas, less so in others, and the Health Council urges governments to rekindle their commitment to health care renewal. Read more | ||
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Health Care Renewal in Canada: Measuring Up? | |
| February 2007 | ||
| In this report, we set out three pathways to help steer us towards quality: quicker access to needed care, better quality services, and improved population health that factors in the need for support inside and outside the health care system. Read more | ||
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A Background Note on Benchmarks for Wait Times | |
| November 2005 | ||
| Consistently, Canadians have identified long wait times as the number one barrier in accessing health services. In response to this public concern, the First Ministers made wait times central to their agreement on health care in September 2004. We prepared this backgrounder to help Canadians digest events around benchmarks. We offer an objective and factual account of current activity. Read more | ||
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Health Care Renewal in Canada: Accelerating Change 2005 | |
| January 2005 | ||
| In this report, we set out three pathways to help steer us towards quality: quicker access to needed care, better quality services, and improved population health that factors in the need for support inside and outside the health care system. Read more | ||
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Wait Times and Access | |
| January 2005 | ||
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