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The inconsistencies of Canadian healthcare

By Robert Brown Comments Off on The inconsistencies of Canadian healthcare , , , ,

Are wait times for hip replacements in Canada justified — or could they be shortened?   I spent my life teaching actuarial science at a university.  As a result, I calculated lots of numbers:  averages, expected values, variances.  But, they were only numbers.  What I didn’t see was the individual human story behind each calculation. […]