The results suggest that parallel private insurance will increase inequity of access to
specialist services. health care insurance coverage (Mexico and the United States) have …

This paper presents new international comparative evidence on the factors driving
inequalities in the use of GP and specialist services in 12 EU member states. The data are …

Background The primary demonstration of the principle of income-related equity in Canada
is the provision of health care services based on need rather than ability to pay. Despite this …

Abstract Background The Canadian health care system has striven to remove financial or
other barriers to access to medically necessary health care services since the establishment …

For over 30 years, Canadian provinces have provided universal public insurance for
hospital and physician care; however, evidence points to persisting socio-economic inequity …

It is often alleged that Canada's publicly-funded, single payer health care system, delivers
better health outcomes, and distributes health resources more fairly than the mainly private …

In this paper we analyse the distribution of family physician use in Canada to explore
whether the stated goal of reasonable access to care has been achieved. We test …

Considerations of equity in the context of health care systems are often related closely to the
presence or level of prices incurred by users of health care services. Some politicians and …

Background: Most of the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD) aim to ensure equitable access to health care. This is often …

Canada is a federal dominion of ten provinces and three territories. By 1972 all provinces
and territories provided universal public insurance for hospital and physician care …