[EQ] How Canada's Health System Is Financed
Exploring the 70/30 How Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), September 28, 2005 Website: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=PG_469_E&cw_topic=469&cw_rel=AR_1282_E —Countries with a large percentage of public-sector health care funding often differ in the types of coverage they offer, according to a new report “……Fewer services are channelled through physicians and hospitals, and both sectors account for decreasing percentages of total health expenditures. Total spending on health care has risen and private spending by individuals or insurers has been growing more quickly than public spending. Today, about 70% of total Canadian health expenditures comes from the public purse. The remainder (about 30%) comes from private sources. In this report, we look at trends in financing and at variations in this 70/30 split across provinces and territories…… About the Canadian Institute for Health Information Acknowledgments PART A: Setting the Stage Chapter 1: Health Financing in How Did It All Start? The Public/Private Mix Private Financing—Out of Whose Pocket? Out-of-Pocket Payments Private Health Insurance Chapter 2: The Canadian Reality Looking Forward From the Who Pays and What the Money Covers Making the Decisions: What to Include in the “Basket” of Health Services? PART B: A Primer on Chapter 3: A Primer on Health Spending Trends in Health Spending Compared The Public/Private Financing PART C: Snapshots of Spending on Health Services Chapter 4: Hospital Services Who Uses Canada’s Hospitals? Where Does a Hospital’s Money Go? The Cost of Treating Patients Who Pays for Hospital Care? Chapter 5: Physician Services A Visit to the Doctor Health Spending on Physicians How Doctors Are Paid Fee-for-Service Payments Alternative Payments How Much Doctors Get Paid Overhead Costs and Physicians’ Incomes Private Spending on Physician Services Chapter 6: Retail Drug Sales Medicating More Who Is Covered? Why Is Drug Spending Rising? Who Pays? Chapter 7: Oral Health Care Services Dental Consultations What Predicts Use? Canadian Spending Compared The Public Sector and Dental Care The Primary Payers Chapter 8: Eye Care Seeking Eye Care Public Insurance Coverage More Than Pocket Change Chapter 9: Continuing Care Residential Care Facilities Use of Residential Care Spending on Residential Care Home Care Services Use of Home Care Services Coverage of Home Care Services Spending on Home Care Services Beyond the Health Care System: Informal Support From Family and Friends Chapter 10: Mental Health Services Who Is and Isn’t Using Mental Health Services Who’s Paying for Mental Health Care? The Cost of Mental Health Care Chapter 11: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Seeking Care Outside the Doctor’s Office Coverage for Spending Appendix * * * * This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate “Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is".Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings PAHO/WHO Website: http://www.paho.org/ EQUITY List - Archives - Join/remove: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html
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Interesting to see how Canada's health system is financed. I hope the U.S. can work to build a better health care system.
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