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 40
... cent to 5 per cent of medical visits , 3 per cent to 23 per cent of hospital admissions and 1 in 1000 deaths.'122 A Quebec study of elderly people who visited a physician at least once during the year but who lived outside a health care ...
... cent to 5 per cent of medical visits , 3 per cent to 23 per cent of hospital admissions and 1 in 1000 deaths.'122 A Quebec study of elderly people who visited a physician at least once during the year but who lived outside a health care ...
Page 157
... cent of the health - care dollar . In 2000 , this increased to only an estimated 9.4 per cent . The share going to physicians has declined slightly ( from 15.1 to 13.5 per cent ) , while that going to other health professionals has ...
... cent of the health - care dollar . In 2000 , this increased to only an estimated 9.4 per cent . The share going to physicians has declined slightly ( from 15.1 to 13.5 per cent ) , while that going to other health professionals has ...
Page 165
... cent of public hospital budgets 10 % and little attention has been paid to changing their work . On the other hand , 80 per cent of those employed in hospitals are women and hospitals are a major employer of women , accounting for 7.1 per ...
... cent of public hospital budgets 10 % and little attention has been paid to changing their work . On the other hand , 80 per cent of those employed in hospitals are women and hospitals are a major employer of women , accounting for 7.1 per ...
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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Aging/La Revue Canadienne Armstrong assumptions Canada Health Act Canadian Health Canadian Journal Canadienne du Vieillissement caregivers cent Centre choices CIHI clinics CLSCS costs cure cutbacks David Coburn decision-making defined determinants of health developed disabled doctors drugs Elderly eliminated emphasis employees expenditures focus for-profit formula Forum on Health funding Globe and Mail groups Health Canada Health Care Reform Health Services health-care system health-care workers hospital Hugh Armstrong Ibid impact improve increasing increasingly individual institutions Journal on Aging/La labour less long-term means medical model medicare Medicine Moreover National Forum non-profit Ontario Ontario Nurses Association organizations Ottawa patients physicians Policy practices Premier's Council Press problems provinces Quebec reduce Registered Nurses result risk sector skills spending Statistics Canada strategies tasks Technology tion Toronto Star total quality management treatment University women Women's College Hospital