Restructuring Canada's Health Systems: How Do We Get There From Here? : Proceedings of the Fourth Canadian Conference on Health Economics / / Raisa Deber, Gail Thompson

• Pubblicazione: Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 338.4336210971
• Soggetto topico: Medical economics - Canada; Medical care, Cost of - Canada; Health planning - Canada
• Soggetto geografico: Canada
• Persona (resp. second.): DeberRaisa; ThompsonGail
• Note generali: Hospital Resources in Metropolitan Toronto: The Reality versus the Myth.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T RESTRUCTURE THE SYSTEM?; Ontario's Health Care System at the Crossroads; Discussion; UTILIZATION: THE DOCTORS DILEMMA; The Effects of Medical Care Policy in B.C.: Utilization Trends in the 1980s; Who Has Seen The Wind? Examining the Evidence and Exploring the Policy Options Pertaining to the Effect Changes in Physician Supply Have Had on Influencing Medical Utilization and Costs in Alberta; Physician Remuneration: Fee-for-service Must Go, But Then What?; Discussion; REPORTS AND COMMISSIONS: LOOKING FOR DIRECTIONS. ; A Great Canadian Prescription: Take Two Commissioned Studies and Call Me in the MorningReport of the Pharmaceutical Inquiry of Ontario: An Overview; Redefining the Globe: Recent Changes in the Financing of British Columbia Hospitals; Discussion; THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME; Cost-effectiveness of Home Care; There's No Place Like Home; Discussion; WHAT GAINS CAN WE EXPECT FROM HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION, OR 'WHITHER OAT BRAN'?; Evaluation of Federal Health Promotion Initiatives; Health Promotion/Disease Prevention: What Do We Think We Know? ; Cholesterol Screening: The Costs and Benefits of Various ProgramsDiscussion; SOUTH OF THE BORDER; U.S. Influences on Canada: Can We Prevent the Spread of Kuru?; Canadian Influences on the U.S.: Immune System Responses?; Discussion; YANKEE INFLUENCES: PLAYING IN THE BUSH LEAGUES?; Managed Care: What Is It, and Can It Be Applied to Canada?; The American Experience with a Prospective Payment System: Some Lessons for Canada; Riverview/Fraser Valley Assertive Outreach Program; Discussion; HOSPITALS: CHANGING PRESCRIPTIONS; Changing Patterns of Governance for Hospitals: Issues and Models. ; Innovative Fund Raising: The St. Michael's Hospital Health CentrePurchasing Hospital Capital Equipment: What Role for Technology Assessment?; Discussion; QUALITY TIME; Assessing the Quality of Medical Care; Assessing the Quality of Medical Care; Discussion; METHODOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC EVALUATION: GIVE US THE TOOLS; Implications of Basing Health Care Resource Allocations on Cost-utility Analysis in the Presence of Externalities; Conducting Comprehensive Cost Assessments: A Case Study of an Assertive Mental Health Community Treatment Program; Discussion. ; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS OF HEALTH PROGRAMS: COSTS AND CONSEQUENCESDeterminants of Medical Malpractice: The Canadian Experience; Preliminary Findings of the Economic Evaluation of an Ontario Geriatric Day Hospital; Economic Costs of Self Sufficiency in Blood Products: The Case of Albumin; Discussion; MARKETING CHANGE: HOW CAN WE GET ANYWHERE FROM HERE?; THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK; Hospital Competition in the U.K.: A (Possibly) Useful Framework for the Future; Hospital Competition in the U.K.: A Prospective; Discussion; HOSPITALS REVISITED.
• Sommario/riassunto: The papers, collected in this volume, consider a wide range of fundamental issues related to health care policies and structures.
• Titolo autorizzato: Restructuring Canada's Health Systems: How Do We Get There From Here
• ISBN: 1-4426-3816-8; 1-4426-5367-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149196203321
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