Investissements en santé publique au Québec et ailleurs au Canada
Quand les chiffres ne racontent pas toute l'histoire
Recent analyses by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) suggest that Quebec may be the province that spends the least on public health. But is that really the case? In a CIRANO report (Jacques et al., 2025), the authors examine this question and offer a new perspective on Quebec’s public health efforts. By scrutinizing public expenditures in four provinces based on a common definition of public health, they show that CIHI tends to overestimate public health spending in all provinces except Quebec. Once budget categories are harmonized, public health investments are shown to be similar across provinces.
