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 4
... evidence . We do know from the evidence that , although far from perfect , public systems allow cheaper services , better access , and more possi- bilities for public debate and influence.12 For - profit strategies are thus more likely ...
... evidence . We do know from the evidence that , although far from perfect , public systems allow cheaper services , better access , and more possi- bilities for public debate and influence.12 For - profit strategies are thus more likely ...
Page 108
... evidence to support the notion that the private sector is necessarily more efficient . Indeed , a great deal of evidence indicates that the American for - profit health - care system is much less efficient and effective than our non ...
... evidence to support the notion that the private sector is necessarily more efficient . Indeed , a great deal of evidence indicates that the American for - profit health - care system is much less efficient and effective than our non ...
Page 153
... evidence , then , the most critics can claim in terms of overall health and health care is that we do not have the evidence to demonstrate the clear link . There is certainly evi- dence to show some improvement in the health of specific ...
... evidence , then , the most critics can claim in terms of overall health and health care is that we do not have the evidence to demonstrate the clear link . There is certainly evi- dence to show some improvement in the health of specific ...
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