Observed Long-Term Trends for Agroclimatic Conditions in Canada

Long-term trends in use of and expenditures for cardiovascular medications in Canada.

BACKGROUND Medication expenditures have become the fastest growing sector of costs within the Canadian health care system. Evaluation of the use of cardiovascular medications is important to determine the magnitude of the growth, to identify which medications dominate the landscape and to detect interprovincial differences in utilization. We describe long-term trends in the use of and expenditu...

Telehealthcare for long term conditions.

Telehealthcare is the provision of personalised health­ care over a distance. It has the three following essential co mponents : • The patient provides data such as a voice recording, video, electrocardiography, or oxygen saturation that gives information about the illness. • Information is transferred electronically to a healthcare professional at a second location. • The healthcare profession...

Telehealth for patients with long term conditions

Long-term trends in Buzzards Bay

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Recent trends in financing long-term care

There has been dramatic change in the financing of long-term care in the last few years. Major private insurance carriers have introduced long-term care insurance policies to meet some of the custodial care needs of a variety of consumer groups, including old and young retirees as well as current employees. Newer policies are tying coverages more closely to a measure of disability that reflect ...