The Meeting of the Twain: Managing Health Care Capital, Capacity, and Costs in Canada

R.G. Evans and M.L. Barer

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research from University of British Columbia - Centre for Health Services and Policy Research.

Abstract: The Canadian and American health care systems differ in three fundamental structure respects: entitlement, management, and environment. Fundamental philosophical differences in the two societies have their outcomes in the different approaches to, and results of , extending entitlement to benefits to their respective populations.

Keywords: HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS; HOSPITALS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 1991
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