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Ensuring adequate capital investment in Canadian health care

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Ensuring adequate capital investment in Canadian health care CMAJ Concerns over the sustainability of Canada’s health-care systems frequently lead to heated discussions about physician compensation, drug prices and wait times. In the current climate of an aging population, rising chronic disease and increasing demand for services, most discussions focus on operational funding; that is, the funding allocated annually to pay for doctors, drugs, hospital stays, or long-term and community care. Capital funding to support infrastructure is largely neglected in these discussions, yet inadequate or uncertain capital investment may threaten the sustainability and equity of the Canadian health-care system even more than the questionable disbursement of operational funding. READ MORE

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