O'Brien Institute for Public Health

Albertans are paying more and getting less from their healthcare system than most other Canadians, according to information compiled for Alberta Health by third party auditors.

As a result, leading healthcare minds from Alberta, Canada and the U.S. descended on Edmonton on February 8 as part of a policy forum being hosted by the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, from the Cumming School of Medicine, and in partnership with the Institute of Health Economics, aiming to inform decision-making at Alberta Health regarding the fiscal sustainability of the provincial healthcare system.

Forum panelists discussed challenges, possible innovations in service delivery, remuneration, and system models that can make Alberta’s healthcare system – per capita the most expensive healthcare system in Canada – sustainable for decades and generations to come.