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This webinar will explore:

• Data about overall Canadian health care costs and predictions for the next decade (societal trends)
• Data about how much health inequalities cost the Canadian health system and issues of data gathering, analysis and inference
• Examples of research and practice supporting greater investment in the determinants of health
• The importance of pilot projects in exploring the potential for reducing inequities, improving health and reducing costs
• Arguments for changing how we proportion health care dollars

This webinar presents the findings of two new reports and a renowned health program that addresses social inequity and its impact on health:

• PHAC The direct economic burden of socioeconomic health inequalities in Canada: An analysis of health care costs by income level
• NCCDH Economic arguments for shifting health dollars upstream
• Ottawa Inner City Health Inc.

Advisors on tap:

• Andrea Long, Acting Senior Policy Analyst, Social Determinants and Science Integration Directorate, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Olga Milliken, PhD, Economist, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Jeff Turnbull, Chief, Clinical Quality, Health Quality Ontario
• Karen Fish, Knowledge translation specialist, NCCDH