Cette année‑là, le Canada occupait le cinquième rang parmi huit pays de l’OCDE pour les dépenses globales en recherche en santé, exprimées en PPA par habitant[4].
The same year, Canada ranked 5 among 8 OECD countries in terms of overall spending on health research expressed in PPP per capita.[185] Furthermore, the role of the central government in financing health research, expressed in PPP per capita, was far more important in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Australia than in Canada.