The production of clinical practice guidelines to help physicians provide optimal care has to be fundamentally rethought if such guidelines are going to be beneficial. The development of practice guidelines has become a priority for policy makers in recent years. However, the authors of this...

Needs-based health care funding methods are increasingly being considered for the Canadian health care system, particularly as a basis for allocating funds from central Ministries of Health to local and regional health authorities. Standardized Mortality Ratios are one of the commonly used...

Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) are a method of financing health care that includes two essential features: an individual (or household)-specific account whose balances are earmarked for health care expenses; a high-deductible, catastrophic insurance plan that covers expenses above the...

Objectives: This article examines the extent of geographic disparity in premature mortality in Ontario and considers factors that may underlie variations in premature mortality across geographic areas. Data Source: Mortality data for years 1992-1996 were obtained from Vital Statistics Records,...