* The volume limit does not apply to any work done in the office relating to cases involving
the Workers' Compensation Board or the Insurance Company of British Columbia (the …

N o true alternative to the fee-for-service system of physician remuneration yet exists in
Canada. However, attempts to define" service" often lead to vigorous and emotional debate …

The failure of hospitals to analyse the costs and benefits of equipment is costing the NHS
millions. Hospitals should analyse the relative merits of buying and hiring special …

Abstract The Manitoba Medical Review Committee is a peer review body that monitors the
patterns of practice of the province's 1800 physicians in order to prevent and control …

Objective To determine whether women treated by older physicians are more likely to
undergo episiotomy. Data Sources/Study Setting Hospital discharge data from Pennsylvania …

FEW WOULD quarrel with the aim of providing complete medical service, but many have
questioned its economic feasibility on a large scale. This paper will attempt to indicate what …

" If you take your car to a garage because it's making a funny noise, and the mechanic there
only knows about front wheels, he is not going to be much help in diagnosing engine …

The movement of surgery out of the hospital, like many other trends in health care, came
about as a result of interacting demographic, market, technological, attitudinal, and policy …

F or 3 months last fall anyone who needed an operation in the fishing town of Digby, NS,
faced a 2-hour ambulance ride to the nearest hospital with a functioning operating room. It's …

Over the past decade general surgeons in Canada have suffered from an identity crisis and
an image problem because of the increased specialization in their field-for example, head …