Bending the cost curve in health care / edited by Gregory P. Marchildon and Livio Di Matteo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marchildon, Gregory P., 1956- editor.

Di Matteo, Livio, editor.

Series:

Johnson-Shoyama series on public policy.

The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care, Cost of--Canada--Provinces.

Medical care, Cost of.

Medical care--Canada--Provinces--Cost control.

Medical care.

Medical care--Canada--Provinces--Finance.

Canada.

Medical Subjects:

Canada.

Genre:

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 p.)

Place of Publication:

North York, Ontario ; Tonawanda, New York : University of Toronto Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through Canadian and international perspectives, Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care explores the management of growing health costs in an extraordinarily complex arena. The book moves beyond previous debates, agreeing that while efficiencies and better value for money may yet be found, more fundamental reforms to the management and delivery of health services are essential prerequisites to bending the cost curve in the long run. While there is considerable controversy over direction and details of change, there also remains the challenge of getting agreement on the values or principles that would guide the reshaping of the policies, the structures, and the regulatory environment of health care in Canada. Leading experts from around the world representing a range of disciplines and professional backgrounds come together to organize and define the problems faced by policy-makers. Case studies from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Nordic countries, and industrialized Asian countries such as Taiwan offer useful reform experiences for provincial governments in Canada. Finally, common Canadian cost factors, such as pharmaceuticals and technology, and paying the health workforce, are explored. This book is the first volume in The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy, published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, an interdisciplinary centre for research, teaching, and executive training with campuses at the Universities of Regina and Saskatchewan.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction and Overview""; ""Part I: General Considerations on Bending the Cost Curve""; ""1 Why We Should Bend the Cost Curve and How We Could Do It""; ""2 Financial Incentives and Pay-for-Performance""; ""3 Tax Burdens and Aging""; ""Part II: Pan-Canadian Cost Drivers and Political Considerations""; ""4 Common Provincial Determinants and Cost Drivers""; ""5 Pharmaceuticals""; ""6 Paying the Health Workforce""; ""7 Three Federal Approaches to Cost Containment in Health Care""; ""8 The Federal Role in Health Care""

Notes:

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-0978-8

1-4426-0977-X

OCLC:

903441009