On behalf of DND, I can't comment on the exact number, because again it's a case-by-case basis, and at times you look at the economics between sending a person off to undergo a surgical procedure or putting them on a medication that may help them, and that's how you have to weigh it out. Our mandate is to provide health care to improve patient outcomes, and so that's what we attempt to do.
On April 23rd, 2007. See this statement in context.