BC to review spending at all health authorities

BC to review spending at all health authorities

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s ministry of health says the province is reviewing health authority spending to ensure resources go to “critical patient services” and to minimize wasteful administrative costs. Health minister Josie Osborne (pictured) says the government wants to ensure that all authorities are best positioned to tackle the “complex challenges” facing the healthcare system. The move comes amid a series of emergency room closures tha…

The weight of health spending on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will increase by more than 1 percent by 2050, to reach 8 percent, especially due to the influence of population ageing, which, in the next nine years, until 2034, will be behind almost a percentage point of total expenditure growth. It will not be until 2045 when health spending stabilizes, according to a report by the Independent Tax Accountability Authority (Airef) on the sustai…