La médecine préventive suscite un intérêt grandissant; des provinces intègrent des services dans le milieu dans leur réseau médico-hospitalier et créent des structures régionales responsables de la planification et de la prestation des services de santé.< $FUn certain nombre de rapports ont été publiés, dont : Nouvelle-Écosse, 1990, Health Strategy for the Nineties; Colombie-Britannique, 1991, Report of the Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs.> On envisage de plus en plus les soins palliatifs comme solution aux coûts souvent exorbitants des soins actifs dispensés dans les hôpitaux.
A greater interest in preventive medicine has emerged; provinces are integrating some forms of community-based systems into their health care systems, and are creating regional structures for planning and delivering health services< $FA number of reports have been published including: Nova Scotia, 1990, Health Strategy for the Nineties . British Columbia, 1991, Report of The Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs.> Palliative care is more and more considered as an alternative to often excessively costly acute institutionalized care by provinces.
