People in Canada and the U.S. often make claims regarding whose country has a better health system. Several researchers … have attempted to address this question by analysing subjective health in the two countries, thus assuming a common … definition of “good” health. Using data from the Joint Canada/U.S. Survey of Health, I generate quasi-objective health indices …

health and education sector. The focus is on the individual dimensions, whether effort (presence and workload) or knowledge … reported publicly in a comparable fashion, yet are among the factors that influence policy outcomes in health. The remainder of …