Editing Alberta (section)

==Health care==
{{Main|Alberta Health Services}}
{{See also|Healthcare in Canada}}
Alberta provides a [[publicly funded health care|publicly funded, fully integrated health system]], through [[Alberta Health Services]] (AHS)—a quasi-independent agency that delivers health care on behalf of the [[Government of Alberta]]'s [[Ministry of Health (Alberta)|Ministry of Health]].<ref name="AB_GOV_2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.health.alberta.ca/ |website=Alberta Health |title=Alberta Health |publisher=Government of Alberta |access-date=January 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107073622/http://www.health.alberta.ca/ |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Alberta government provides health services for all its residents as set out by the provisions of the ''[[Canada Health Act]]'' of 1984. Alberta became Canada's second province (after [[Saskatchewan]]) to adopt a [[Tommy Douglas]]-style program in 1950, a precursor to the modern [[Medicare (Canada)|medicare]] system.

Alberta's health care budget was $22.5&nbsp;billion during the 2018–2019 fiscal year (approximately 45% of all government spending), making it the best-funded health-care system per-capita in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alberta.ca/albertaFiles/googlesearch/searchpage.aspx?q=health+funding+2013-2014+site%253Ahealth.alberta.ca&btnG=Google+Search&ud=1&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&client=goa_default&proxystylesheet=goa_default&num=10&sort=date%253AD%253AL%253Ad1&wc=200&wc_mc=1&exclude_apps=1&site=pub_goa |title=Government of Alberta |date=November 7, 2011 |access-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211185221/https://www.alberta.ca/albertaFiles/googlesearch/searchpage.aspx?q=health+funding+2013-2014+site%253Ahealth.alberta.ca&btnG=Google+Search&ud=1&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&client=goa_default&proxystylesheet=goa_default&num=10&sort=date%253AD%253AL%253Ad1&wc=200&wc_mc=1&exclude_apps=1&site=pub_goa |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Every hour the province spends more than $2.5&nbsp;million, (or $60&nbsp;million per day), to maintain and improve health care in the province.<ref name="Alberta Health Funding: Budget 2018">{{cite web |url=http://www.health.alberta.ca/about/health-funding.html |title=Health Funding: Budget 2018 |publisher=Government of Alberta |access-date=April 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107005335/http://www.health.alberta.ca/about/health-funding.html |archive-date=January 7, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Notable health, education, research, and resources facilities in Alberta, all of which are located within Calgary or Edmonton. Health centres in Calgary include:
[[File:Foothills Hospital.JPG|thumb|[[Foothills Medical Centre]] in Calgary is the largest hospital in Alberta.]]
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* [[Alberta Children's Hospital]]
* [[Foothills Medical Centre]]
* Grace Women's Health Centre
* [[Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta]]
* [[Peter Lougheed Centre]]
* [[Rockyview General Hospital]]
* [[South Health Campus]]
* [[Tom Baker Cancer Centre]]
* University of Calgary Medical Centre (UCMC)
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Health centres in Edmonton include:
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* Alberta Diabetes Institute
* [[Cross Cancer Institute]]
* Edmonton Clinic
* [[Grey Nuns Community Hospital]]
* Lois Hole Hospital for Women
* Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
* [[Misericordia Community Hospital]]
* Rexall Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research
* [[Royal Alexandra Hospital (Edmonton)|Royal Alexandra Hospital]]
* [[Stollery Children's Hospital]]
* [[University of Alberta Hospital]]
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The [[University of Alberta in Edmonton|Edmonton Clinic]] complex, completed in 2012, provides a similar research, education, and care environment as the [[Mayo Clinic]] in the United States.<ref name="Edmonton Clinic">{{cite web |url=http://www.edmontonclinic.ca |title=Edmonton Clinic |publisher=Alberta Health Services; University of Alberta |access-date=August 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822225400/http://www.edmontonclinic.ca/ |archive-date=August 22, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/12/03/30-million-donation-from-donald-kay-makes-kaye-edmonton-clinic-possible |title=$30-million donation from Donald Kaye makes Kaye Edmonton Clinic possible |last=Larson |first=Jackie |work=Edmonton Sun |date=December 3, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-date=August 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130818031347/http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/12/03/30-million-donation-from-donald-kay-makes-kaye-edmonton-clinic-possible |url-status=live }}</ref>

All public health care services funded by the Government of Alberta are delivered operationally by Alberta Health Services. AHS is the province's single health authority, established on July 1, 2008, which replaced nine regional health authorities. AHS also funds all ground ambulance services in the province, as well as the province-wide [[Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service]] (STARS) air ambulance service.<ref name="STARS; About Us">{{cite web |url=http://www.stars.ca/ab/who-we-are/history |title=STARS; About Us |publisher=STARS |access-date=May 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611114340/http://www.stars.ca/ab/who-we-are/history |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>