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Examining the Efficacy of Canadian Healthcare Governance in an Indigenous Context
Gao, Edward - 2023
By comparing funding and expenditure data, Indigenous healthcare access data, and Indigenous healthcare outcomes data between provinces/territories, this study aimed to closely examine how different models and approaches of healthcare governance influence health outcomes. Each of the ten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263973
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Supplementary private health insurance in selected countries : lessons for EU governments?
Gechert, Sebastian - 2009
quality of service. To test these reasonings, the paper draws empirical evidence from the health systems of Australia, Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872288
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Parallel private health insurance in Australia : a cautionary tale and lessons for Canada
Hurley, Jeremiah E.; Vaithianathan, Rhema; Crossley, … - 2002
) exit to private insurance. Australia provides a particularly promising case study for Canada regarding the dynamics of … parallel systems of public and private finance. This paper examines Australia's experience with parallel finance for inpatient … of the broader political economy associated with parallel systems of finance. Australia's experience provides a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411845
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Parallel Private Health Insurance in Australia : A Cautionary Tale and Lessons for Canada
Hurley, Jeremiah; Vaithianathan, Rhema; Crossley, Thomas F. - 2021
) exit to private insurance. Australia provides a particularly promising case study for Canada regarding the dynamics of … parallel systems of public and private finance. This paper examines Australia's experience with parallel finance for inpatient … of the broader political economy associated with parallel systems of finance. Australia's experience provides a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320488
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Filling the Cavities : Improving the Efficiency and Equity of Canada’s Dental Care System
Blomqvist, Ake - 2018
Ensuring that all members of the community, including the poor, have access to urgently needed healthcare is a central objective of Canadian social policy. Yet, in the current system, there are many population groups in which individuals have difficulty accessing even urgently needed dental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920040
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Novel Health Insurance Plan for Low Resource Countries : Medical Complication Insurance (MCI) Based on Sandesh-Triple Insurance (S-TI) Concept
Shet, Dr U Sandesh - 2021
Medical care is associated with unexpected complications increasing the treatment cost causing financial burden on the patient especially when the patient doesn’t have a health insurance or when the treatment cost exceeds the sum insured limit of a health policy. A novel insurance plan –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013235690
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Evidence on maternal health from two large Canadian parental leave expansions : when is enough too much?
Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip; … - 2016 - Revised version
Exploiting unique administrative longitudinal data sets on medical services provided to mothers before- and after- delivery, we estimate the causal effects of two major distinct parental leave reforms on maternal health outcomes, over a period of 5 years postpartum. The health outcomes are...
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Determinants of Private Long-Term Care Insurance Purchase in Response to the Partnership Program
Lin, Haizhen; Prince, Jeffrey - 2015
The Partnership long-term care (PLTC) insurance program is a major initiative partnering state Medicaid programs and private insurers in an attempt in increase take-up of long-term care insurance by older Americans. Prior work has shown that, while the program is aimed at middle-wealth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014143722
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What Is Canada’s Average Cost of Policies Preventing a Death from COVID-19?
Grubel, Herbert - 2020
The cost of Canada’s policies mitigating the effects of the epidemic is estimated using mainly the IMF predictions of lost output. The benefits are considered to equal the number of deaths prevented, which is estimated using mainly the results of the epidemiological model produced by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014096113
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Canada's Provincial Covid-19 Pandemic Modelling Efforts : A Review of Mathematical Models and Their Impacts on the Responses
Xia, Yiqing; Anato, Jorge Luis Flores; Colijin, Caroline; … - 2023
Objectives: Mathematical modelling played an important role in the public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The diverse epidemic trajectories and modelling approaches adopted by Canadian provinces provide a unique opportunity to understand factors that shaped modelling strategies. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346644