Health Systems in Transition: Canada

by Gregory P. Marchildon

The health care system in Canada is much-touted in the international sphere, but often overlooked when it comes to an examination of its actual administration and regulation. Health Systems in Canada provides an objective description and analysis of the public, private, and mixed components that make up health care in Canada today. Published in co-operation with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Gregory P. Marchildon's study offers a statistical and visual description of the many facets of Canadian health care financing, administration, and service delivery. This study's most distinctive feature is a comparative description and analysis. For international comparison, five other countries have been The United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, and Sweden. Because public health care administration and delivery is highly decentralized in Canada, Marchildon also analyzes the important health status and health care features within Canada by province and territory, and describes in some detail the unique constitutional, jurisdictional, and financial features of the Canadian system. Balancing careful assessment, summary, and illustration, Health Systems in Canada is a thorough and illuminating look at one of the nation's most complex institutions.

Genres: Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published February 11, 2006

Reviews

[Trevor Angst · Rating 4 out of 5]

Canada’s UHC isn’t very universal in first-dollar coverage for Canadians. It’s also very decentralized, with about 100 agencies I recognized by name, and another 100 I didn’t. Pretty comprehensive and organized book. I read the third edition, which came out in April 2021. I suspect it possibly has some dated ideas of how policy will be shaped by covid-19.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative. Learned a lot. Thanks!

[Zeina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read, but some parts were not explained deeply enough while others were repeated unneccessarily