2025-11-20 from ctvnews.ca

Experts are concerned about the direction Quebec is taking by increasingly turning to the private sector to provide care to the population (care that is often publicly funded).

A new IRIS study shows that countries with a greater private presence in healthcare have higher mortality rates and lower life expectancy.

The study by the Institute for Research and Socio-Economic Information (IRIS) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), published on Thursday, analyzed the health-care systems of 25 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The results conclude that countries that allow greater private sector involvement in healthcare achieve poorer results on seven mortality indicators.

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