Private health administration costs almost triple public sector

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reports that health care administration declined in Canada’s public sector while it rose dramatically in the private sector. In the report “National Health Expenditure Trends, 1975-2009” CIHI states that in 1975 administration accounted for 2.9 per cent of total public-sector expenditure and 2.5 per cent of total private-sector expenditure. While the share gradually declined in the public sector to 2.3 per cent in 2007, the private sector share rose to 6.2 per cent. Food for thought as health care faces increasing pressure to privatize.