Question
Has there ever been a longitudinal analysis on health care expenditures prior to patient death in Canada. I have found the metric used in a Swiss research paper cited in PubMed, but is there any comparable data in Canada?
Answer
Have you considered looking at CIHI data?
http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/internet/EN/Theme/spending+and+health+workforce/cihi010658
National Health Expenditure Trends, 1975 to 2013
https://secure.cihi.ca/estore/productFamily.htm?locale=en&pf=PFC2400&lang=en
Spending<http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/internet/EN/SubTheme/spending+and+health+workforce/spending/cihi015954>
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