Bending the Medicare Cost Curve in 12 Months or Less: How Preventative Health Care can Yield Significant Near-Term Savings for Acute Care in Alberta

Over the course of more than 30 years, a series of Canadian government commissions and health policy researchers have repeatedly identified the importance of “bending the cost curve” to sustain publicly funded health care, and the potential to do so through upstream investment in health promotion an...

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Main Authors: Daniel J. Dutton, J.C. Herbert Emery, Thomas Mullie, Jennifer D. Zwicker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2015-01-01
Series:The School of Public Policy Publications
Online Access:https://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/preventative-health-care-emery-dutton-mullie-zwicker.pdf