Health care systems in Canada and elsewhere : striking a balance / papers commissioned by the National Forum on Health.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Forum on Health (Canada)

Series:

Canada Health Action: Building on the Legacy ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care, Cost of--Canada.

Medical care, Cost of.

Public health administration--Economic aspects--Canada.

Public health administration.

Public health administration--Economic aspects--Case studies.

Medical policy--Canada.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (756 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sainte-Foy, Québec : Éditions MultiMondes : : National Forum on Health, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""First Cover""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of contents""; ""Health Care Financing""; ""International Comparison of the Hospital Sector""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Description of the main methods of hospital payment""; ""Comparative analysis of acute care hospitals""; ""Internationally, have acute care hospitals experienced a decrease in their share of total health expenditures?""; ""Which components of the health sector have experienced an increase in their share of total health expenditures?""; ""Do the wealthier countries spend relatively more on acute care hospitals than other countries?""

""Does the quantity of physical resources have an impact on the use of acute care hospitals?""""Summary and conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Appendix 3""; ""Controlling Health Expenditures: What Matters""; ""Table of contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Change in expenditures in thirteen OECD countries""; ""Regressions""; ""Linear Regressions""; ""Logarithmic Regressions""; ""Analysis""; ""Change in per Capita Health Expenditures in Relation to the per Capita GDP""

""Change in the Percentage of the GDP Allocated to Health in Relation to the per Capita GDP""""Explanation of the deviation in health expenditures from the average of the thirteen countries studied""; ""Factors Associated with Health Demand""; ""Population 65 Years and Older""; ""Mortality Rate/1,000 Inhabitants""; ""Macroorganizational Factors""; ""Percentage of Public Financing""; ""Number of Sources of Financing""; ""Degree of Centralization""; ""Microorganizational Factors""; ""Hospital Sector""; ""Ambulatory Sector""; ""Medical Sector""; ""Pharmaceutical Costs""; ""Conclusion""

""Bibliography""""Appendix""; ""Managing Pharmaceutical Expenditures: How Canada Compares""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Methodology""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Per Capita Pharmaceutical Expenditures""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Drug Expenditures as a Percentage of Total Health Expenditures""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Pharmaceutical Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP""; ""Cross-country Comparison of the Relationship of Pharmaceutical Expenditures to Wealth""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Drug Use""; ""Cross-country Comparison of Drug Sector Structures""

""Cross-country Comparison of Health Indices""""Discussion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Appendix""; ""Health Spending and Health Status: An International Comparison""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Health care spending among OECD countries""; ""Does Canada Spend More on Health than Other Industrialized Countries?""; ""Public versus Private Health Care Expenditures""; ""Are Canada's Public Health Care Expenditures Higher than Other Countries?""; ""The relationship between health spending and health status""; ""Do Countries that Spend More on Health Care Have Better Health Status?""

""Health Spending and Life Expectancy""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 08, 2013).

ISBN:

9782895442127

2895442126

9781435698932

1435698932

OCLC:

857067371