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Bill 15: Quebec is centralizing again
Montreal, March 29, 2023 – The creation of the Santé Québec agency will reduce the autonomy of facilities and do nothing to keep nurses from leaving the profession, warns the Montreal Economic Institute following the tabling of Quebec’s Bill 15 on health care.
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The budget Quebecers needed
Legault government is revolutionizing how the province’s health care system is financed. For patients, this is cause for celebration.
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Le budget dont les Québécois avaient besoin
Dans l’ensemble, le gouvernement a déposé le budget dont les Québécois et Québécoises avaient besoin. Pour les contribuables les plus taxés du continent, c’est un peu de répit bien nécessaire qui leur est offert.
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Mini-hospitals will complement Quebec’s health system, not erode it
Independent facilities, run by entrepreneurs, have an incentive to innovate and a greater capacity to do so given the smaller size of their organizations.
IEDM – Temps d’attente dans les urgences du Québec – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 10, 2023 | 15 min. 40 sec. | Boréale 138 (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with […]
IEDM – La durée médiane d’un séjour à l’urgence a augmenté de 34% depuis 2018 – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 9, 2023 | 16 min. 37 sec. | Ça vaut le retour (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, […]
IEDM – L’attente aux urgences au Québec a augmenté depuis quatre ans – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 9, 2023 | 7 min. 55 sec. | Sans réserve (98,5 FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with […]
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Learning to Be Patient: Emergency Room Wait Times Keep Rising Despite Promises
The median length of stay for a patient in an ER in Quebec was 5 hours and 11 minutes last year, according to this MEI study. With the exception of the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the median length of stay of an emergency room visit has been increasing for four years, going from 4 hours and 31 minutes in 2018 to 5 hours and 11 minutes last year.
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Mini-hospitals: The MEI applauds the government’s calls for interest
Montreal, March 7, 2023 – The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) applauds the announced publication of the calls for interest regarding the pilot project involving mini-hospitals run by independent entrepreneurs, as reported by Le Journal de Québec this morning.
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Consultations prébudgétaires 2023-2024: Santé – Finances publiques – Énergie (in French only)
Brief submitted by the MEI as part of the 2022-2023 pre-budget consultations of the Quebec Finance Department.