In the wake of the reform of the Quebec health care system in the early 1970s, thirty-two public health units (DSCs) were created. They were administratively and geographically integrated into short-term care hospitals throughout the province. This study aimed at determining (1) the influence of...

This is an evaluation of the health system changes in Montreal, Quebec, in the late 1990s. We have estimated their effects for surgical patients with conditions amenable to day surgery. We contrasted the experiences of a cohort of such patients seen in 1996, at the beginning of the changes, with...

The aim of this paper is to highlight the potential of the French and the Quebec health systems for prevention in general practice. We use a neo-institutional approach of health system, an approach that emphasizes the importance of institutions and health organizations to understand the...