This thesis compares the health care systems in Canada and the UK with a particular focus on equity of access and equity of outcomes. It explores causal factors such as organization, financing and delivery of care. The paper presents background and historical context on the two health systems, a review of current national and comparative international studies on health equity in each country, and qualitative analysis from four key informant interviews. Overall, the paper finds greater equity in Britain's NHS in terms of access to services and pro-poor allocation of resources than in Canadian Medicare. The Labour government is actively working to redress inequalities in health, while in Canada there are numerous barriers to system reform. Ad...
Does Canada's publicly funded, single payer health care system deliver better health outcomes and di...
The pursuit of equity of access to health care is a central objective of many health care systems. T...
Despite spending more on health care than the majority of developed countries with universal-access ...
The objectives of this thesis are to identify equity objectives in the stated intentions of the hea...
Abstract Introduction Promoting health equity is a key goal of many public health systems. However, ...
Canada's health system is based on the firmly-held belief that the receipt of care should be based o...
The provision of health care and preventive services that has evolved in Canada was based on the con...
textabstractEquity is widely acknowledged to be an important goal in the field of health care. Inde...
For over 30 years, Canadian provinces have provided universal public insurance for hospital and phys...
Canada has been able to develop a fairly successful system of healthcare rationing by balancing the ...
Canada is the only OECD country that provides broad public health benefits but lacks a universal, na...
Abstract Background The Canadian health care system has striven to remove financial or other barrier...
Aim - The aim of this study is to identify, compare and discuss the similarities and differences in ...
Health inequalities exist and persist due to the quality and distribution of the social determinants...
Addressing social determinants of health (SDoH) has been acknowledged as an essential objective for ...
Does Canada's publicly funded, single payer health care system deliver better health outcomes and di...
The pursuit of equity of access to health care is a central objective of many health care systems. T...
Despite spending more on health care than the majority of developed countries with universal-access ...
The objectives of this thesis are to identify equity objectives in the stated intentions of the hea...
Abstract Introduction Promoting health equity is a key goal of many public health systems. However, ...
Canada's health system is based on the firmly-held belief that the receipt of care should be based o...
The provision of health care and preventive services that has evolved in Canada was based on the con...
textabstractEquity is widely acknowledged to be an important goal in the field of health care. Inde...
For over 30 years, Canadian provinces have provided universal public insurance for hospital and phys...
Canada has been able to develop a fairly successful system of healthcare rationing by balancing the ...
Canada is the only OECD country that provides broad public health benefits but lacks a universal, na...
Abstract Background The Canadian health care system has striven to remove financial or other barrier...
Aim - The aim of this study is to identify, compare and discuss the similarities and differences in ...
Health inequalities exist and persist due to the quality and distribution of the social determinants...
Addressing social determinants of health (SDoH) has been acknowledged as an essential objective for ...
Does Canada's publicly funded, single payer health care system deliver better health outcomes and di...
The pursuit of equity of access to health care is a central objective of many health care systems. T...
Despite spending more on health care than the majority of developed countries with universal-access ...