Study links health-care privatization with higher mortality rates
- Waterloo Region Health Coalition
- 6 hours ago
- 1 min read
CBC News | 20 Nov 2025
A new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looked at 25 countries and found those with more privatized health care fared worse on seven mortality indicators. The report comes as several provinces pursue privatizing some health-care services.
Mortality and health care privatization:
A comparison between countries
Written by Anne Plourde, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
"The main finding of this analysis is unequivocal: there is a clear link between greater privatization and higher mortality rates, in terms of both the financing and the delivery of health care services."
