Toward a healthcare strategy for Canadians

Carson, A. Scott. (Added Author). Nossal, Kim Richard. (Added Author). Dixon, Jeffrey A., 1977- (Added Author).

Summary: A comprehensive look at reforming Canada's mediocre public healthcare system from a system-wide strategic perspective.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553394396 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 276 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Kingston : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Kim Richard Nossal -- Why Canadians need a system-wide healthcare strategy / A. Scott Carson -- Canadian Blood Services as an example of healthcare strategy / Graham D. Sher -- System-wide healthcare reform : the Australian experience / Justin Beilby, Steve Hambleton, and Michael Reid -- The need for a Pan-Canadian health human resources strategy and coordinated action plan / Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Chantal Demers, Yvonne James, and Emily Bray -- Toward a coordinated electronic health record strategy for Canada / Francis Lau, Morgan Price, and Jesdeep Bassi -- Integrating care for persons with chronic health and social needs / Walter P. Wodchis, A. Paul Williams, and Gustavo Mery -- No undue hardship : a way forward for Canadian pharmacare / Jeffrey Dixon -- Moving forward on universal pharmacare in Canada : should we regulate private insurers in a managed competition model to achieve our goals? / Colleen M. Flood, Bryan Thomas, and Ryan Tanner -- Academic networks for the evaluation of healh policy and system performance / Gregory P. Marchildon -- Politics and the healthcare policy arena in Canada : diagnosing the situation, evaluating solutions / Antonia Maioni -- Health policy reform in Canada : bridging policy and politics / Don Drumond -- If Canada had a healthcare strategy, what form could it take? / A. Scott Carson.