Up to 45 per cent of people who are homeless are living with some sort of disability. People with physical and mental disabilities are twice as likely as other Canadians to live below the poverty line. That's according to research by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Approximately one-third of the people who use shelters are Indigenous. Indigenous people are among the vulnerable Canadians. In Ontario, between 19, the likelihood of dying from a preventable cause more than doubled among people living in the province's poorest neighbourhoods. Studies show that people who live in well-off parts of Canada have better access to family medicine than people who live in areas that are less advantaged. Disparities like that are true for colorectal cancer screening too.
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By comparison, more than 67 per cent of women living in the most affluent urban neighbourhoods got full screening for cervix cancer. A recent report from Ontario found that only 54 per cent of women living in the poorest neighbourhoods got screening for cervical cancer. Income disparities lead to predictable shortfalls in health. Poverty also leads to insidious barriers even when services are "free." For instance, they might not be able to afford the cost of transportation. When they do have coverage, disadvantaged patients with limited financial resources use fewer preventive and outpatient services than those with higher incomes. Those with lower incomes do without simply because they can't afford them. So is counselling for mental health problems.įor many Canadians, employee benefits make up the shortfall. Coverage of physiotherapy is almost non-existent. Prescription drugs are inconsistently funded in Canada. Andreas Laupacis, CMAJ's editor in chief.įirst, publicly funded health care in Canada covers only certain services. This happens in several ways, say the authors of the editorial, Dr. Andrew Boozary, executive director of health and social policy at University Health Network in Toronto, and Dr. But an editorial published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) says the system is failing people with low income. Canadians pride themselves on having a health-care system for everyone.
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