Understanding Health Spending in New Brunswick
This page offers a comprehensive overview of health expenditure in New Brunswick, shedding light on resource allocation towards health-related needs.
Health spending, or health expenditure, represents the money spent by the Government of New Brunswick and its residents on health-related needs.
Health spending is made up of both public sector and private sector spending.
- Public sector spending includes amounts spent by the provincial and federal governments or other government agencies.
- Private sector spending includes amounts spent from donations, investment income, out-of-pocket spending, and private health insurance companies.
All the information provided is based on the latest available data from the National Health Expenditure tables published by the Canadian Health Information Institute (CIHI).
Key observations for 2022:
- New Brunswick spends 15% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care, the second-highest in Canada. However, despite this, the amount spent per capita in New Brunswick is one of the lowest in the country ($8410 per person)
- Private sector per capita spending in New Brunswick ($2506) was among the highest in the country.
- New Brunswick’s total per capita spending on physicians was the lowest in Canada.
The updated content aims for clear, engaging information about health spending in New Brunswick. It highlights important data about spending in New Brunswick, in comparison with other provinces, and it also looks at trends over time. For more information, check out the article: New Brunswick Health Spending in 2022
For detailed information on specific spending categories, consult CIHI's National Health Expenditure Trends, 2024 — Methodology Notes (cihi.ca)
