Final audit report : audit of the transfer payment to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health.: H14-582/2013E-PDF

"The proper management of government funds is an important aspect of grant and contribution oversight. This audit focussed on a conditional grant for $87.5M which was paid over a fiveyear period ending March 31, 2013 to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (the recipient). The recipient has received the funds from Health Canada to provide information and advice to health care system decision makers about the effectiveness and efficiency of drugs, medical devices and other health technologies. As the expiration of the conditional grant approaches, the Strategic Policy Branch will be moving to a five-year contribution agreement. Health Canada's conditional grant accounts for approximately 78 percent of the recipient's funding; provinces and territories account for the remaining 22 percent. The objectives of the audit are to determine whether the Strategic Policy Branch has put in place an effective management control framework for the oversight and management of the funding agreement and whether the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health has complied with the terms and conditions of the funding agreement. The audit involved the conduct of sufficient and appropriate procedures and the gathering of evidence to support the audit conclusion. …"--Executive summary, page i.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Health Canada. Portfolio Audit and Accountability Bureau, issuing body.
Title Final audit report : audit of the transfer payment to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health.
Variant title Audit of the transfer payment to the CADTH : final audit report
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Rapport de vérification final : vérification du paiement de transfert à l'Agence canadienne des médicaments et des technologies de la santé.
Cover title.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Health Canada = Santé Canada, March 2013.
Description 1 online resource (i, 21 pages) : colour illustration + management reponse and action plan (1 page)
Catalogue number
  • H14-582/2013E-PDF
Subject terms Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health -- Finance -- Auditing.
Canada. Health Canada -- Auditing.
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