This paper assesses the extent to which Canada's universal health care system has eliminated socio-economic barriers in the use of physician services by examining the role of socio-economic status in the differential use of specific, publicly-insured, primary and specialist care services. Data...

Introduction: In Ontario, Canada, Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) are the organizations that manage access to publicly funded home care services. CCACs employ case managers who assess individuals' needs and then develop plans for service provision. Provider agencies are then contracted to...

A choice-theoretic model of household decision-making with respect to care-giving time allocations and the use of publicly and privately financed home care services is proposed. Predictions concerning the effect of increased availability of publicly financed home care services on home care...

Background: Patients with multiple myeloma and other forms of cancer receiving pamidronate via intravenous (IV) infusion at the Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada face 2 treatment options: they can have their entire treatment completed at the clinic using traditional IV...

As healthcare expenditures continue to rise, financial pressures have resulted in a desire for countries to shift resources away from_ traditional areas of spending. The consequent devolution and reform have resulted in increased care being provided and received within homes and communities, and...

This paper employs a maximizing framework, consistent with the axioms of consumer preference, to analyze local government's choice of spending on different social services. Within this framework, it is possible to include both block-funding and cost-sharing intergovernment transfer schemes....