“Hospitals: Quebec brings order to emergency rooms — No patient will stay more than 48 hours,” ran a front-page headline in La Presse on March 11… 1980! Last year, the minister of health repeated this ultimatum. Waiting times at emergency rooms have been making news for a long time. Data released this past spring suggest that the situation has improved and that waiting times have declined, especially for patients on stretchers. What is actually going on?

The situation with surgeries performed in Quebec hospitals.

The situation with surgeries performed in Quebec hospitals.

Entrepreneurial dynamism meets the demand for care for the elderly.

Entrepreneurial dynamism meets the demand for care for the elderly.

Entrepreneurial dynamism meets the demand for care for the elderly.

It seems that each week brings its share of bad news about the Quebec health care system, to the point that we forget that certain of its components work rather well. This is the case for senior housing and care, largely provided by the private sector.

April 10, 2018 | 14 min. 38 sec. | Boréale 138 (Ici Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Mathieu Bédard, Economist at the […]

Access to new drugs in Canada.

April 5, 2018 | 26 min. 07 sec. | Isabelle (98.5 FM) Interview (in French) with Mathieu Bédard, Economist at the MEI, […]