When Roy Romanow released his final report on medicare's future last November, he said
home care was 1 of 5 key areas requiring national attention, and he called for a $1-billion …

Entire classes of Medicare beneficiaries that previously had been served under the home
health benefit are now absent from the care rolls. Anecdotal reports indicate that these …

This paper provides an overview of Canadian home-care utilization, highlights the health-
policy assumptions that have resulted in an increasing reliance on in-home services, and …

This commentary agrees with Dr. MacAdam that the time has come to implement a national
home-care program based on principles similar to those that underpin the Canada Health …

It has become a truism that home care is a critical component of the future health care
system, as skyrocketing costs persuade governments to seek answers in community settings …

In 1980, home care in the United States was so undeveloped, so fragmented and so poorly
financed, that a leading policy analyst was prompted to refer to home health services as" the …

There's been a shift in Vancouver's Home Care program. In the early 1980s, we provided
largely" hands on", treatment-oriented care. A physician's order defined the kind and …

A comment on this article appears in" Home care, continuing care and medicare: a
Canadian model or innovative models for Canadians?" Healthc Pap. 2000 Fall; 1 (4): 38-45 …

One area of growing importance in Canada is home care, a method for keeping people out
of hospital or other facilities for as long as possible by bringing health care and other …

Estimates based on 1980 data indicate that almost two-thirds of the disabled elderly in New
York City receive care only from informal sources. Another one-fifth use a combination of …