-- 加拿大帝國商業銀行（CIBC）表示，新冠疫情或許已成過往，但加拿大醫療保健成本持續對各省財政造成巨大影響。 該銀行在一份致客戶的報告中指出，醫療保健支出佔總支出的40%以上，一直是最大的單項支出。然而，近期醫療保健支出的影響更為顯著，過去五年中，醫療保健支出成長的一半以上都來自醫療保健支出。 此外，這些成本成長並非總是容易預測，醫療保健支出也佔近期預算超支的50%以上。 醫療支出需求的成長通常被歸咎於通貨膨脹，包括醫護人員薪資上漲和人口成長。儘管中東衝突再次引發了人們對通膨壓力的擔憂，但人口成長的急劇放緩理論上應該會緩解醫療保健成本的壓力。 然而，不幸的是，還有另一個可能更大的因素在推高成本，而且這種情況在好轉之前還會惡化。加拿大帝國商業銀行（CIBC）指出，人口老化導致醫療保健成本上升，因為65歲以上人口的人均醫療支出呈指數級增長。 CIBC表示，如果人口老化繼續如預期發展，那麼醫療保健成本的整體成長幅度可能會超過各省目前的預測。
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