title: Editorial -- The weight of our nation.
abstract: Canadians spent an estimated $228 billion on health care in 2016. That represents 11.1% of our total economy, or $6,299 per person. Almost 40% of all public expenditures are allocated to fund health care. Put succinctly, that is a lot of money! This issue of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada places a spotlight on three diseases that contribute to this economic burden of health care in Canada.
authors.affiliation: H. Krueger and Associates Inc., Delta, British Columbia, Canada.|School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krueger
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention