Healthcare Policy Publications

This Spring, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) surveyed dozens of leading minds in Nova Scotia about the province’s future. Respondents discussed their concerns about Nova Scotia, including low growth, decaying public institutions, and demographic stagnation. To reverse decline, this group proposed many original and helpful insights for public ...
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According to the Canadian Health Measures Survey, 62 percent of Canadian adults – or roughly 24 million people - are now either overweight or obese. That’s an awfully high number of Canadians who seem to need help with their weight. Now that obesity is officially classified as a disease by ...
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Genomic research has evolved into a massive international drive to understand ever more about how the human body functions, what vulnerabilities to disease can be identified, what predilections exist and how remedies can be more effectively targeted to improve health outcomes.  This research does not involve the “generic” human body, ...
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Where you live in Canada and your economic status make a big difference to the sort of prescription medicine you are likely to receive. That’s not supposed to be! In 2002, Canada’s federal and provincial health ministers (except Quebec) launched the Common Drug Review (CDR), to “ensure a consistent and ...
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This is the third annual Canada Health Consumer Index (CHCI) produced by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the Belgian Health Consumer Powerhouse, this year in cooperation with AIMS. It shows three distinct leading provinces, but also tells of story of a health care system that needs help. The ...
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