1. Canadian Health Policies and Their Implications for Current Healthcare Reforms in China.
- Author
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Guo You-de, Ouyang Hui, and Zakus, David
- Subjects
HEALTH policy ,MEDICAL care ,HUMANITIES ,SOCIAL sciences ,PUBLIC finance ,URBAN growth - Abstract
Health policies have played significant roles in attaining good achievements in population health improvement. This paper chronologically reviews and analyzes health-related parliamentary actions and law enactments in Canada. It indicates that the salient feature of the Canadian health system is that it is publicly financed with a single-payer, but privately run. The Canadian health system is based upon five founding principles: care must be universal (covering everyone), portable (among all provinces) , comprehensive (covering all medically necessary services), accessible (without barriers to access like user fees), and publicly administered (by the government). This paper pays special attention to what and how China can learn from Canada and what should be avoided against failures of Canadian healdi system, and how it might provide a new. health policy base for China's current health reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2012