Download or read book Understanding Canada s Health Care Costs written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines how the Canadian health care system is financed, analyzes innovations under way, and looks at the current & future factors affecting health system costs. It begins with a historical & financial overview of arrangements between the federal government and the provinces & territories regarding health care funding, a look at trends in federal & provincial/territorial health spending, and an overview of the gap in funding between federal transfers & provincial/territorial expenditures on health care. Section 5 reviews health system innovations in the provinces & territories over the past decade to improve service delivery & respond to challenges. Section 6 presents scenarios for future health spending in Canada, showing impacts of such cost drivers as population growth, ageing, inflation, and new technologies. The final chapter briefly draws conclusions on the state of the health system & the need for funding.
Download or read book Understanding Canada s Health Care Costs written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines how the health care system is financed, analyzes innovations already under way in the provinces & territories, and looks at the current & future factors affecting costs in Canada's health system. It begins with a historical & financial overview of the arrangements between the federal government and the provinces/territories, and a review of trends in federal and provincial/territorial spending over time, including funding for Aboriginal health. This is followed by discussion of funding the gap between provincial/territorial health spending and the federal transfer contributions to the provincial/territorial health systems. Section 5 reviews health system innovations in such areas as planning, service delivery structures, health human resources, acute care, primary care reform, and decision making. Section 6 presents scenarios for future health spending using models to show the potential impacts of such factors as population growth, ageing, and inflation. The scenario methodology is summarized in the appendix.
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Download or read book Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High Income Countries written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as Japan and Australia. This difference is particularly notable given that the United States spends more on health care than any other nation. Concerned about this divergence, the National Institute on Aging asked the National Research Council to examine evidence on its possible causes. According to Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries, the nation's history of heavy smoking is a major reason why lifespans in the United States fall short of those in many other high-income nations. Evidence suggests that current obesity levels play a substantial part as well. The book reports that lack of universal access to health care in the U.S. also has increased mortality and reduced life expectancy, though this is a less significant factor for those over age 65 because of Medicare access. For the main causes of death at older ages-cancer and cardiovascular disease-available indicators do not suggest that the U.S. health care system is failing to prevent deaths that would be averted elsewhere. In fact, cancer detection and survival appear to be better in the U.S. than in most other high-income nations, and survival rates following a heart attack also are favorable. Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries identifies many gaps in research. For instance, while lung cancer deaths are a reliable marker of the damage from smoking, no clear-cut marker exists for obesity, physical inactivity, social integration, or other risks considered in this book. Moreover, evaluation of these risk factors is based on observational studies, which-unlike randomized controlled trials-are subject to many biases.
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Download or read book Understanding Canada s Health Care Costs written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Health Care Expenditures in Canada written by Anthony J. Culyer and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Treating Health Care written by Raisa Deber and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada has been among the world leaders in recognizing the multiple factors that impact health. Focusing on Canada’s health care system, Raisa B. Deber provides brief descriptions of some key facts and concepts necessary to understand health care policy in Canada and place it in an international context. An accessible guide, Treating Health Care unpacks key concepts to provide informed discussions that help us understand and diagnose Canada’s health care system and to clarify which proposed changes are likely to improve it - and which are not. This book provides background information to clarify such concepts as: determinants of health; how health systems are organized and financed (including international comparisons); health economics; health ethics; and roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders, including government, providers, and patients. It then addresses some key issues, including equity, efficiency, access and wait times, quality improvement and patient safety, and coverage and payment models. Using analysis rather than advocacy, Deber provides a toolkit to help understand health care and health policy.
Download or read book Health System Efficiency written by Jonathan Cylus and published by Health Policy. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the authors explore the state of the art on efficiency measurement in health systems and international experts offer insights into the pitfalls and potential associated with various measurement techniques. The authors show that: - The core idea of efficiency is easy to understand in principle - maximizing valued outputs relative to inputs, but is often difficult to make operational in real-life situations - There have been numerous advances in data collection and availability, as well as innovative methodological approaches that give valuable insights into how efficiently health care is delivered - Our simple analytical framework can facilitate the development and interpretation of efficiency indicators.
Download or read book Strained Mercy written by Robert G. Evans and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1984 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and the use of health care. Risk, uncertainty, and the limits of insurability. The communitym interest in health care. Market fail- ure and the evolution of health care institutions: A historical pa- rable. Health care firms: Providers, practices, and people. Profes- sional practices: The not-only-for profit firms. Hospitals and relat- ed institutions: If not-for-profit then for what? Hospitals continued from teory to measurement. Health care for profit. Evaluating health care programs: Efficiency, effectiveness, and cost. Public invest- ment programs in prevention and research. Health manpower policy - leading the horses to water. Design or accident in health care policydato 900328 internt il
Download or read book Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care written by Gregory P. Marchildon and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through Canadian and international perspectives, Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care explores the management of growing health costs in an extraordinarily complex arena. The book moves beyond previous debates, agreeing that while efficiencies and better value for money may yet be found, more fundamental reforms to the management and delivery of health services are essential prerequisites to bending the cost curve in the long run. While there is considerable controversy over direction and details of change, there also remains the challenge of getting agreement on the values or principles that would guide the reshaping of the policies, the structures, and the regulatory environment of health care in Canada. Leading experts from around the world representing a range of disciplines and professional backgrounds come together to organize and define the problems faced by policy-makers. Case studies from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Nordic countries, and industrialized Asian countries such as Taiwan offer useful reform experiences for provincial governments in Canada. Finally, common Canadian cost factors, such as pharmaceuticals and technology, and paying the health workforce, are explored. This book is the first volume in The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy, published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, an interdisciplinary centre for research, teaching, and executive training with campuses at the Universities of Regina and Saskatchewan.
Download or read book Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy written by Noralou Roos and published by EvidenceNetwork.ca. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Evidence Matter in Canadian Health Policy is a compendium of Op-Eds published in the media in 2012-2013 by some of Canada’s leading experts in the field, offering a snapshot of the evidence on the issues of the day. It is the second in a series of eBooks produced by EvidenceNetwork.ca, the first being Canadian Health Policy in the News.. This second volume addresses a range of controversial topics, such as whether or not our health system is sustainable and how our health care dollars are spent. Other sections address pharmaceutical policy, private-for-profit delivery of care, social determinants of health, aging, mental health and obesity.
Download or read book Government Controls on the Health Care System written by United States. Health Resources Administration and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Changing the Health Care System written by and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1994 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strong Medicine written by Michael Rachlis and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... a must read for those wanting a better understanding about what's behind those scary 'Health care in crisis' headlines. -- Winnipeg Free Press...a wealth of thought-provoking detail, presented in a clear, no-nonsense style. -- Dr. June Engel, Quill & QuireUser fees are not the answer. We don't need to spend more money to save our publicly funded health care system, argue the authors of the bestselling Strong Medicine, a revolutionary prescription for health care reform.Second Opinion, Rachlis's an Kushner's previous #1 bestseller, rocked Canada's health community; Strong Medicine is equally timely, as health care consumers realize that their system is now on the critical list.
