Tag Archives: population aging

New CIHI Health Numbers: Health Care Cost Curve Still Bending

The Canadian Institute for Health Information has released its 2014 edition of health spending data – National Health Expenditure Trends, 1975 to 2014 – and the numbers seem to show a continuing trend towards slower growth of health expenditures in Canada.

Who is the caregiver?

In the picture on the right, who is the caregiver, the man or the woman? (To find out the answer, click "Continue reading…").

Canada: No country for old men (or women)

The Canadian population is aging, and getting old sucks – for economies, as well as for people. There is nothing that can stop an individual from aging. Not face cream. Not hot yoga.