Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health CareWasting Away is a provocative text that examines and assesses the Canadian health care system. It examines the development of the Canadian health care system, and breaks the analysis down into accessible units: who provides (the institutions and the people); who pays (funding sources); and who decides (public, private, and patients). |
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Page 53
... united against a universal government plan and were its most visible and vociferous opponents . Although some physicians had been interested in such a plan during the Depression when too many of their patients could not pay their bills ...
... united against a universal government plan and were its most visible and vociferous opponents . Although some physicians had been interested in such a plan during the Depression when too many of their patients could not pay their bills ...
Page 117
... United States , some saw it as the reason for the Japanese economic miracle and looked to it as a way of restoring America's primacy . Then hospitals in the United States joined those in manufacturing and other businesses.83 Finally ...
... United States , some saw it as the reason for the Japanese economic miracle and looked to it as a way of restoring America's primacy . Then hospitals in the United States joined those in manufacturing and other businesses.83 Finally ...
Page 163
... United States . The DRG system classifies people into about 600 groups in order to establish a formula for payment determined by the diagnosis for the patients treated . " The DRG system is based on the average cost of treating a ...
... United States . The DRG system classifies people into about 600 groups in order to establish a formula for payment determined by the diagnosis for the patients treated . " The DRG system is based on the average cost of treating a ...
Contents
The Wasting Away of Care | 1 |
The Development of Canadian Health Care | 12 |
The Institutions | 46 |
Copyright | |
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Other editions - View all
Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health Care Pat Armstrong,Hugh Armstrong Snippet view - 1996 |
Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health Care Pat Armstrong,Hugh Armstrong No preview available - 2010 |
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