Health care systems in Canada and elsewhere : striking a balance / / papers commissioned by the National Forum on Health

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807639403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sainte-Foy, Québec, : Éditions MultiMondes : , : National Forum on Health, c1998
• ISBN: 2-89544-212-6; 1-4356-9893-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (756 p.)
• Collana: Canada Health Action: Building on the Legacy ; ; Volume 4
• Disciplina: 338.4336210971
• Soggetti: Medical care, Cost of - Canada; Public health administration - Economic aspects - Canada; Public health administration - Economic aspects; Medical policy - Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: ""First Cover""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of contents""; ""Health Care Financing""; ""International Comparison of the Hospital Sector""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Description of the main methods of hospital payment""; ""Comparative analysis of acute care hospitals""; ""Internationally, have acute care hospitals experienced a decrease in their share of total health expenditures?""; ""Which components of the health sector have experienced an increase in their share of total health expenditures?""; ""Do the wealthier countries spend relatively more on acute care hospitals than other countries?""; ""Does the quantity of physical resources have an impact on the use of acute care hospitals?""""Summary and conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Appendix 3""; ""Controlling Health Expenditures: What Matters""; ""Table of contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Change in expenditures in thirteen OECD countries""; ""Regressions""; ""Linear Regressions""; ""Logarithmic Regressions""; ""Analysis""; ""Change in per Capita Health Expenditures in Relation to the per Capita GDP""; ""Change in the Percentage of the GDP Allocated to Health in Relation to the per Capita GDP""""Explanation of the deviation in health ; expenditures from the average of the thirteen countries studied""; ""Factors Associated with Health Demand""; ""Population 65 Years and Older""; ""Mortality Rate/1,000 Inhabitants""; ""Macroorganizational Factors""; ""Percentage of Public Financing""; ""Number of Sources of Financing""; ""Degree of Centralization""; ""Microorganizational Factors""; ""Hospital Sector""; ""Ambulatory Sector""; ""Medical Sector""; ""Pharmaceutical Costs""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""""Appendix""; ""Managing Pharmaceutical Expenditures: How Canada Compares""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Methodology""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Per Capita Pharmaceutical Expenditures""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Drug Expenditures as a Percentage of Total Health Expenditures""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Pharmaceutical Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP""; ""Cross-country Comparison of the Relationship of Pharmaceutical Expenditures to Wealth""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Drug Use""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Drug Sector Structures""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Health Indices""""Discussion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix""; ""Health Spending and Health Status: An International Comparison""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Health care spending among OECD countries""; ""Does Canada Spend More on Health than Other Industrialized Countries?""; ""Public versus Private Health Care Expenditures""; ""Are Canada's Public Health Care Expenditures Higher than Other Countries?""; ""The relationship between health spending and health status""; ""Do Countries that Spend More on Health Care Have Better Health Status?""; ""Health Spending and Life Expectancy""