Study: A “health in all policies” review of Canadian public finance
Consistent with evidence that health is shaped primarily by its social determinants, health systems research shows that government spending on social programs often has a stronger association with population health than medical care investments. Published by Paul Kershaw in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, this study aims to support Canadian provincial and federal cabinets to act on this evidence by engaging with the concept of “health in all policies” (HiAP) during budget deliberations.
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