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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Expenditures on Mental Health and Addictions for Canadian Provinces in 2003/04
Can J Psychiatry 2008;53(5):306–313

To measure total public and private expenditures on mental health in each province.

Total spending on mental health was $6.6 billion, of which $5.5 billion was from public sources. Nationally, the largest portion of expenditures was for hospitals, followed by community mental health expenses and pharmaceuticals. This varied by province. Public mental health spending was 6% of total public spending on health, while total mental health spending was 5% of total health spending.

Canadian public mental health spending is lower than most developed countries, and a little below the minimum acceptable amount (5%) stated by the European Mental Health Economics Network.

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