IS THE CANADIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SUSTAINABLE? (Gordon Guyatt) H&S Clinical Update Keynote

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Heart&Stroke Clinical Update 2016                                     
www.heartandstroke.ca/clinicalupdate

Keynote Address                                                  
IS THE CANADIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SUSTAINABLE?
Presented by: Gordon Guyatt BSc, MD, MSc, FRCPC, OCS (see below)                                                                                                                                                                                            
Hilton Toronto, December 2016                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Learning Objectives
• To understand how one might judge sustainability
• To understand criteria one might use to decide health policy decisions (such as private versus public funding)
• To understand the evidence regarding the performance of the Canadian health care system and the relative merits of public and private funding

Gordon Guyatt BSc, MD, MSc, FRCPC, OCS
Distinguished Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University 
Joint Member, Department of Medicine, McMaster University
Member, CLARITY (Clinical Advances through Research and Information Translation) 
 
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