Accountability is being stressed in the Canadian health care environment. This paper uses a framework that considers both the production characteristics of services provided and the type of accountability sought, and how they may impact a policy tools’ ability to achieve accountability. The...

Background: Many countries (England, Australia) and most recently, Canada, with the initiation of the Common Drug Review process have developed committees to study whether new treatments should be reimbursed within a publicly funded health care system. The mandates of these organizations are to...