E.G. Hospitals Using More Private Surgical Clinics Study
Advocates of B.C.’s public health care system say a steady increase in contract surgeries in the private sector threatens to exacerbate hospital workforce shortages while providing dubious long-term benefits. Health policy researcher Andrew Longhurst, with the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives and BC Health Coalition, says BC health authority contracts for publicly funded medical procedures with for-profit surgical and diagnostic imaging clinics have increased by 57% between 2016 and 2021, from $47....