Australia’s universal health-care system outperforms Canada on key measures including wait times, costs less and includes large role for private hospi
VANCOUVER—Australia spends slightly less on its universal health care as a share of its economy, but routinely outperforms Canada on key health indicators. It also delivers universal health-care differently by including a large role for private hospitals, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.