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The health of countries

3 Oct 2008

Our study of six hospitals, three in Japan and three in Ontario, found that the Japanese hospitals tended to vary more in their approach to management than the Ontario 1 The authors are grateful for the support of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the time and cooperation of the participant hospital executives and staff in Ontario and Japan. [...] Yet, the overall performance of the system, including the range of variety of approaches fostered by it, together with the preliminary findings, is intriguing. [...] The 2008 US election puts healthcare delivery, and the possibility of a universal system, at the forefront of the presidential campaign. [...] The Canadian medicare system and the Canada Health Act stem from the recommendations of the Hall Royal Commission in the early 1960s. [...] The World Health Organization’s 2000 ranking of systems placed it first in the world in terms of the population health (Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy) and “Overall goal achievement,” as shown in Table 1. It was also a leader in terms of the “fairness in financial contribution,” and ranked tenth in overall system performance.
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Authors

McMillan, Charles J

Pages
18
Published in
Canada

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