Australia’s Universal Health Care System Outperforms Canada’s on Key Measures: Fraser Institute

Dr. Del Dorscheid (C) takes part in board rounds in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at St. Paul's hospital in downtown Vancouver, on April 21, 2020. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

Australia’s universal health care system outperforms Canada’s on key measures, including wait times and cost, and includes a larger role for private hospitals, says a comprehensive Fraser Institute report.

“The Australian system outranks Canada’s on a range of performance indicators, while spending less as a percentage of GDP,” states the Jan. 16 report, The Role of Private Hospitals in Australia’s Universal Health Care System.