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Medical Health Policy

Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians

edited by A. Scott Carson, Jeffrey Dixon & Kim Richard Nossal

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
May 2015
Category
Health Policy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781553394396
    Publish Date
    May 2015
    List Price
    $39.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781553394402
    Publish Date
    May 2015
    List Price
    $110.00

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While Canadians are proud of their healthcare system, the reality is that it is fragmented and disorganized. Instead of a pan-Canadian system, it is a "system of systems" - thirteen provincial and territorial systems and a federal system. As a result, Canadian healthcare has not only become one of the costliest in the world, but is falling well behind many developed countries in terms of quality.

Canadians increasingly realize that their healthcare system is no longer fiscally sustainable, yet change remains elusive. The standard claim is that Canada's multijurisdictional approach makes system-wide reform nearly impossible. Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians disputes this reasoning, making the case for a comprehensive, system-wide, made-in-Canada healthcare strategy. It looks at the mechanics of change and suggests ways in which the various participants in the system - governments, healthcare professionals, the private sector, and patients - can work collaboratively to transform a second-rate system.

Addressing critical issues of health human resources, electronic health records, integrated care, and pharmacare, Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians shows how a system-wide strategic approach to this crucial policy area can make a difference in Canada’s healthcare system in the future.

About the authors

A. Scott Carson is professor of strategy and director of the Monieson Centre for Business Research in Healthcare at Queen's School of Business.

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Jeffrey Dixon is associate director of the Monieson Centre for Business Research in Healthcare at Queen’s School of Business.

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Kim Richard Nossal is a professor of political science at Queen’s University. He is a former president of the Canadian Political Science Association and former editor of International Journal. From 2001 to 2012, he was the chair of the academic selection committee of the Security and Defence Forum of the Department of National Defence. He is also the author of a number of works on Canada’s foreign and defence policy. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.

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