Dr. Grignon is a professor with the departments of Economics and Health, Aging & Society and McMaster University, and Director of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA).
His work includes studies of the role of age in medical decision-making, financing of long-term care, the measurement of equity in healthcare utilization, the examination of policies to address inequities, the integration of foreign trained healthcare professionals in Canada.
He has published in leading health economic and health services research journals and is now consulting for the Canadian Institute for Health Information. He is the co-editor of Revue Française des Affaires Sociales and member of the editorial board of Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (France).
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Commentaries by Dr. Michel Grignon:
Slow down and stop the killing // Roulons plus doucement et arrêtons le massacre
Thousands of lives could be saved every year by improving our health care system //Améliorer notre système de soins de santé permettrait de sauver des milliers de vies chaque année
Health system costs not incurable but preventable
The real costs of long-term care for Canada
What’s wrong with hospital rankings?
Interviews with Dr. Michel Grignon:
Audio Podcast: Rethinking long-term care for seniors in Canada
Audio Podcast: Will Senior Care in Canada Break the Bank?
Posters by Dr. Michel Grignon:
“Equality and equity are not the same thing where health is concerned. It’s time we spread the health dollars where they are needed most.”
Read the commentary: Thousands of lives could be saved every year by improving our health care system
“We need to re-think the way we allocate healthcare resources to regions in Canada. Not all regions require similar resources for the health of their populations.”
Read the commentary: Thousands of lives could be saved every year by improving our health care system
“When a health care system cannot make the best use of resources at its disposal, consequences can be dire, and such is the case with the Canadian health system.”
Read the commentary: Thousands of lives could be saved every year by improving our health care system
“Our aging population is going to contribute to an increase in healthcare costs, but it is not going to be the major driver of healthcare spending.”
Listen to the Podcast: Will senior care in Canada break the bank?
Approximately 20 percent of Canadians are one day going to need some form of high cost, long-term care. We need to have a publicly funded plan in place.
Listen to the Podcast: Will senior care in Canada break the bank?
More than 300 pedestrians are killed by motorists in Canada each year. In Toronto alone, 163 pedestrians have been killed since 2011.
Listen to the Podcast: Slow down and stop the killing
Our outdated rules meant to protect all those using the road have not yet caught up to the deadly reality of our new plus-sized vehicles.
Listen to the Podcast: Slow down and stop the killing
Real-life experiments conducted in Europe show that imposing low speed limits decreases the number of pedestrian injuries and fatalities.
Listen to the Podcast: Slow down and stop the killing
At 30km per hour, the probability of a collision and the probability of fatal collisions are both very small. Increase the speed, and the risk for both collisions and resultant deaths increases dramatically.
Listen to the Podcast: Slow down and stop the killing
Most collisions between pedestrians and vehicles are, one could argue, “by design” — policy design, that is.
Listen to the Podcast: Slow down and stop the killing
