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Jayme Van Vliet -
August 24, 2017 |
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Mohammad Nazmus Sakib -
March 23, 2017 |
| Very informative |
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Puja Ahluwalia -
December 12, 2016 |
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Peggy Syljuberget -
September 9, 2015 |
| Reading about the health care trends is interesting. |
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Raj Maharaj -
December 29, 2014 |
| Comments are pending approval by CBoC Staff. |
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Victoria Miles -
June 20, 2014 |
Highly relevant to the work we are doing through our national members - healthpartners.ca
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Richard Lessard -
June 3, 2014 |
Very good overall.
However, I am amazed that among the modifiable lifestyle determinants of health, the commercial determinants of health are not even mentionned.We eat what we are sold through marketing and pricing policies. We are sold products that are cheap to produce and therefore high profit margin. This is amenable to government policy as well even though there is resistance fron the food processing industry to see their commercial and marketing activities controlled. We are sold food with too much added sugar , too much salt, too much fat etc.and we get sick from it.
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Beverly Beuermann-King -
May 20, 2014 |
| Good base of information for looking at health of Canadians. |
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Jesse Bauman -
September 19, 2013 |
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Daniel Barker -
June 21, 2013 |
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John Arnold -
May 14, 2013 |
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Jeremy Hirota -
May 8, 2013 |
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Mandeep Mavi -
April 24, 2013 |
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Larry Wang -
April 15, 2013 |
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Allan Ryan -
March 27, 2013 |
| Excellent account of the interplay of demographics, economics, policy and health and social outcomes. |
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Fiona Tam -
March 27, 2013 |
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Francine Beaudoin -
March 11, 2013 |
| This paper is well written. It is surprising to know how much cigarette and obesity are dammageable specially on women. |
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Francis Gagné -
March 7, 2013 |
| Good document |
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Tracy Roberts -
March 1, 2013 |
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James Murtagh -
February 24, 2013 |
| Interesting paper...much of what it says is bang on but some of the arguments re aging etc could be better documented. There are dissenting voices re the impact of aging on health costs and I confess I've yet to see a paper address both sides of the argument. I think some of the content re changes that could be made in the health system is great but other pieces miss the mark. As usual we see mention of elderly 'bed blockers'...the reality is that any hospital worth its salt places those patients together and staffs in a manner similar to a LTC facility. While it is almost certainly in the best interests of those patients to be moved out of hospital such action will almost certainly increase total system costs unless the vacated hospital beds are closed (acute patients are more costly than LTC patients). Finally, the elephant in the room is what we pay health workers. It would be nice to see some real analysis on this point although others have suggested wages consistently rise at rates above inflation. We pay hospital CEOs hundreds of thousands of dollars...slaries most of them could not earn in any other sector. As the paper says...health care costs have doubled...would be nice to see how much of that bought additional service and what volume of service and how much was just input price inflation. |
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Deirdre Weymann -
February 21, 2013 |
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Edward Hancock -
February 20, 2013 |
| Very well researched and written. A must read for anyone who is concerned about Health Care and its economic impact on current and future generations. |
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Shanta Zurock -
February 20, 2013 |
| Interesting and relevant topic. |
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Nalina Kumar -
February 19, 2013 |
A good document which can hopfully have individuals and business consider that a well Canada is a better Canada from all perspectives. In addition to the strategies suggested, it is important that government and food industry work together to reduce the consumption of processed foods and make eating fruits and vegetables more attractive and cheaper. Given the option (through prominent store displays and clever marketing), Canadians will take the easy way out and be tempted to pick convenience (mainly processed / packaged foods) than wholesome foods (grains and vegetables / fruits). It is easier to control the environment vs. will power. Just ask anyone who tried to quit smoking how difficult it is to hang out with the same friends and refrain from smoking.
We need to work to make fruits and vegetables more attractive and cheaper. This is not addressed in the paper, and I believe this is a key ingredient to a healthier society. |
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Tanya Ewashko -
February 19, 2013 |
It is always useful to frame health issues according to the audience. I hope this article resonates with people working in business, economic, and policy sectors. However, the issues and the solutions are not really new. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
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D'Arcy Delamere -
February 19, 2013 |
| We need more and more dialogue to get the attention this pressing issue deserves. New approaches and questioning "sacred cows" - like user fees - are part of the process. |
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Diane Marcoux -
February 19, 2013 |
| Thank you again for this great work. |
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Yi Sun -
February 19, 2013 |
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Judith Glennie -
February 19, 2013 |
| Important work, as we seem to have lost sight of the bidirectional relationship between economic prosperity and health status/outcomes. No question that we need to spend health dollars wisely, but we're to the point of paralysis - we're afraid to spend any more, eventhough it might help improve productivity and outcomes and, thus, contribute to an improved economy overall. |
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Anne Francis -
February 19, 2013 |
| Excellent analysis, and very a propos given current context. |
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Kelvin Chan -
February 19, 2013 |
| Some interesting background stats. |
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Sharon Vegh -
February 19, 2013 |
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Jennifer Modica -
February 14, 2013 |
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Alana McDonald -
February 13, 2013 |
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Carolyn Warnica -
February 13, 2013 |
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