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 20
... major " product lines " : trauma , cancer , aging , heart and circulation , mental health , and rehabilitation'.34 Like the hospitals , patients can be classified according to the part with the problem . This engineering model of the ...
... major " product lines " : trauma , cancer , aging , heart and circulation , mental health , and rehabilitation'.34 Like the hospitals , patients can be classified according to the part with the problem . This engineering model of the ...
Page 53
... major problem in other areas , however . Opposition from insurance companies was not as strong as it might have been if the field had been dominated by for - profit organizations that would have more than jobs to lose . And most ...
... major problem in other areas , however . Opposition from insurance companies was not as strong as it might have been if the field had been dominated by for - profit organizations that would have more than jobs to lose . And most ...
Page 165
... major expense . In 1991-2 , just over 70 per cent of hospital money was spent on wages , salaries , and benefits for non- medical staff . Although many doctors do work in hospitals and although doc- tors mainly determine what is done to ...
... major expense . In 1991-2 , just over 70 per cent of hospital money was spent on wages , salaries , and benefits for non- medical staff . Although many doctors do work in hospitals and although doc- tors mainly determine what is done to ...
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