Three types of entities—nonprofit, for-profit, and government—own hospitals. Yet we know
neither whether hospital types specialize in different medical services nor how service …

Executive summary This edition of How Good Is Canadian Health Care? provides answers
to a series of questions that are important to resolve if Canada is to make the correct choices …

The public share of Canadian total health expenditure declined between 1975 and 2005 but
categories such as physicians stayed constant while drugs, other institutions, and capital …

Several disputes between clinical researchers and pharmaceutical manufacturers have
highlighted the critical importance of protecting the right of trial subjects to disclosure of risks …

906 Canadian Family Physician• Le Médecin de famille canadien❖ VOL 49: JULY• JUILLET
2003 resources❖ ressources biological and human systems. Such thinking links back to …

Arguments about where private sector healthcare delivery fits within a publicly funded
system should distinguish among types of private delivery. In Canada, most healthcare …

The topic of this paper is the administration of prisons by private, for-profit contractors.
Privatization is possible to varying degrees, such as when contractors provide laundry, food …

Electronic medical records and clinical management systems are now being promoted by
federal and provincial authorities as a valuable component of care. One of the many …

Executive summary This edition of How Good Is Canadian Health Care? provides answers
to a series of questions that are important to resolve if Canada is to make the correct choices …

The effectiveness of the Canadian health care system is a hotly debated topic nowadays,
especially given the recent release of the Romanow Report by the Commission on the …