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Where to from Here?Keeping Medicare Sustainable |
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The importance of universal healthcare in Canada and possible areas for improvement.
Universal healthcare, perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Canada's public policy, is under fire, criticized for its heavy expense and questionable sustainability. In Where to From Here?: Keeping Medicare Sustainable, Stephen Duckett defends Canadian Medicare, addressing key concerns and refuting criticism, while also acknowledging flaws in the system and room for improvement.
Duckett argues that while the fundamentals of Medicare are sound, a great deal of change is necessary to keep it sustainable. This book envisions a Medicare that is not static and simply responsive to problems, but an active, shifting system that keeps up with the evolving needs of a rapidly changing time. Duckett systematically lays out proposals for incremental change across a range of areas including primary care, hospitals, and the health workforce.
Where to From Here? Presents an unflinching defense of one of Canada's iconic policies, while keeping a clear eye on the future of the nation's health.
Duckett argues that while the fundamentals of Medicare are sound, a great deal of change is necessary to keep it sustainable. This book envisions a Medicare that is not static and simply responsive to problems, but an active, shifting system that keeps up with the evolving needs of a rapidly changing time. Duckett systematically lays out proposals for incremental change across a range of areas including primary care, hospitals, and the health workforce.
Where to From Here? Presents an unflinching defense of one of Canada's iconic policies, while keeping a clear eye on the future of the nation's health.
Details
Part of the Queen's Policy Studies Series (number 161 in series)
344 Pages, 6 x 9
Queen's Policy Studies Series - School of Policy Studies
ISBN 9781553393184
February 2012
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Stephen Duckett is president and chief executive officer of Alberta Health Services.
Contents
Acknowledgements......................................vii
Introduction..........................................1
Chapter 1: Medicare and its context...................9
Chapter 2: The sustainability discourse...............27
Chapter 3: Improving the public’s health..............49
Chapter 4: Building the primary care foundation.......71
Chapter 5: Ensuring access to (the right) drugs, technologies, and
innovations...........................................103
Chapter 6: Supporting seniors’ care needs.............125
Chapter 7: Getting hospitals and acute care right.....145
Chapter 8: Ensuring the right skill set is available......175
Chapter 9: What others have said: Diagnoses and prescriptions
for health care in Canada.............................193
Chapter 10: How to get there from here: How the efficiency
agenda (broadly defined) is at the heart of protecting health care
access and quality in Canada..........................217
Appendix: Full list of policy recommendations contained
in this book..........................................237
Notes.................................................245
References............................................255
Index.................................................329
About the author......................................333
Acknowledgements......................................vii
Introduction..........................................1
Chapter 1: Medicare and its context...................9
Chapter 2: The sustainability discourse...............27
Chapter 3: Improving the public’s health..............49
Chapter 4: Building the primary care foundation.......71
Chapter 5: Ensuring access to (the right) drugs, technologies, and
innovations...........................................103
Chapter 6: Supporting seniors’ care needs.............125
Chapter 7: Getting hospitals and acute care right.....145
Chapter 8: Ensuring the right skill set is available......175
Chapter 9: What others have said: Diagnoses and prescriptions
for health care in Canada.............................193
Chapter 10: How to get there from here: How the efficiency
agenda (broadly defined) is at the heart of protecting health care
access and quality in Canada..........................217
Appendix: Full list of policy recommendations contained
in this book..........................................237
Notes.................................................245
References............................................255
Index.................................................329
About the author......................................333
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