Re-Minding Our Ps and Qs: Medical Cost Controls in Canada

M.L. Barer, J. Lomas and C. Sanmartin

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

Abstract: During the past few years the landscape of Canadian physician reimbursement policy has undergone dramatic changes. Rapidly eroding fiscal environments for provincial (and federal) governments have forced provinces to "get serious" about controlling a significant, previously uncontrolled budget lines: Physicians expenditures.

Keywords: HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 1996
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