This study analyzes subsidy schemes that are widely used in reducing waiting times for
public healthcare service. We assume that public healthcare service has no user fee but an …

This study develops a theoretical model and then, using Canadian joint replacement surgery
data, empirically tests the relationship between government policies that promote privately …

Les systèmes de santé font l'objet du débat politique depuis les années 1990. Ces débats,
qui portent sur le vieillissement de la population, l'évolution technologique et les demandes …

BACKGROUND: In all Canadian provinces, physicians can decide to either bill the
provincial public system (opt in) or work privately and bill patients directly (opt out). We …

OBJECTIVES: Within the context of the political debate on privatization of healthcare funding
in Canada, this paper examines the nature and the various role of polls. METHODS: To …

Depuis la commission Castonguay-Nepveu, le discours sur le système de santé s' est
considérablement transformé. L'idée d'un recours plus grand au secteur privé comme …

This paper analyzes the debates surrounding the privatization of health services financing in
quebec. The objective is to clarify policy-making processes with regard to this important …

In 2005 the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark ruling in the debate on
privatization of Quebec's health care system. The Quebec government subsequently made …

In June 2005 the Supreme Court handed down a complex and non-unanimous decision in
the case Chaoulli v. Quebec. The ruling held that prohibitions on the sale of private health …

I argue that citizens have rights of self-medication, and that prohibitive pharmaceutical
regulations are therefore unjust. Pharmaceuticals are among the most important consumer …