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- 7/31/2013
Today's Parent Dinner: Greek Salad Pasta
- 7/31/2013
Metabolic syndrome linked to high-grade prostate cancer
Risk rises as cardiovascular and diabetes-related problems increase - 7/31/2013
State of Industry Report: New Brunswick
A snapshot of the pharmacy profession in Canada today - 7/31/2013
Medicine Cabinet Basics
Part two in a series designed to help pharmacists counsel patients on the self-care staples required at home - 7/31/2013
State of Industry Report: Canada's Pharmacy Banners by Province
A snapshot of the pharmacy profession in Canada today - 7/31/2013
State of Industry Report: Saskatchewan
A snapshot of the pharmacy profession in Canada today - 7/31/2013
Beware of Americans bearing activity-based funding
Many American physicians, myself included, support single-payer national health insurance, with global budgets for hospital care. A single, publicly accountable payer, coupled with global hospital budgets, are tools needed to assure cost control in healthcare systems. But I was recently reminded by one of my Canadian colleagues that some American “reforms” are getting a hearing north of the border. One of these is that hospitals should be paid by case-based activity fees rather than global budgets.