The Political and Economic Sustainability of Health Care in Canada: Private-Sector Involvement in the Federal Provincial Health Care System

by Howard A. Palley, Owen B Adams, Marie-Pascale Pomney

Book Overview

Canada has a complex health delivery system which is a conglomeration of 13 public plans--10 provincial and three territorial as well as a number of federally administered plans serving special populations such as Aboriginals and Veterans--all providing full coverage for most hospital and physician services as well as partial coverage for many services that vary among plans. The importance of this study is that it examines how the public/private sector...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604978155
• ISBN13: 9781604978155
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambria Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"