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The demand for and cost of health care in Canada is increasing at a time of funding cutbacks. Our practice serves the public, not-for-profit and private sectors as they address the realities of this rapidly changing sector. Below are brief descriptions of some recent projects we have conducted.

Studies conducted on behalf of government

• Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Evaluation (2000-2002), a two-year $4.4M evaluation for the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services. The short-term evaluation uses a multi-discipline approach to examine the implementation and outcomes of the program. The evaluation developed a framework for a future cost-benefit analysis of the program.
  
  
• Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Follow-On Evaluation (2000-2002), a four-year $2.1M evaluations for the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to measure outcomes for the children and their families when the children are in kindergarten.
  
  
• A five-year evaluation of Ontario's Maternal and Newborn Health Promotion Program, Best Start - Community Action for Healthy Babies, a community-based health demonstration program to reduce the incidence of low weight births.

• An evaluation of the Healthy Lifestyles Promotion Program for the Ministry of Health, a community-based program to assist community to undertake health promotion activities in the areas of nutrition, smoking and drinking.

• A review and synthesis of five health promotion demonstration projects in Ontario, Review of the Demonstration Programs: Sustainability and Dissemination Project. This work led to development of a set of standardized indicators that have been adopted by the Ministry of Health for future reporting of all demonstration projects.

• We have assessed the costs and benefits of a wide range of regulations to increase the health and safety of Canadians. Hazards have ranged from flammable tents to chemicals in the home and workplace.

Work with the health professions

• Research in support of the Ontario Dental Association's RVU Task Force which has revised the fee guide for dentistry in Ontario.

• A landmark study of the factors influencing the earnings of physicians in Ontario, Comprehensive Review of the Differences in Earnings Across Specialty Groups.

• Research in support of modeling resources requirements for faculties and teaching hospitals, Funding Arrangements for the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Modeling Resource Requirements for London Academic Health Sciences Complex Alternate Funding Plan.

• Research in support of a Cost of Practice Study for the Ontario Dental Association.

• Research into Accessibility of Dental Services for Low Income Ontarians for the Ontario Dental Association.

Pharmacoeconomic research

• A study to assess the mechanisms in place to evaluate new drugs. This study involves in-depth interviews with medical specialists and administrative officials in hospitals and governments.

• A Willingness-to-Pay study for a new drug, Willingness-to-Pay for New Drug. The study involves face-to-face interviews with a cross-section of 1600 adult Canadians and about 300 pre-operative patients.

For further information contact:

Richard Jenkins

 

Richard.Jenkins@tns-global.com