The remarkable tenacity of user charges : a concise history of the participation, positions, and rationales of Canadian interest groups in the debate over "direct patient participation" in health care financing

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The remarkable tenacity of user charges : a concise history of the participation, positions, and rationales of Canadian interest groups in the debate over "direct patient participation" in health care financing Barer, M. L.; Bhatia, Vandna; Stoddart, Greg L.; Evans, Robert G., 1942-

Abstract

This is one in a series of articles by the authors about the ongoing debate over user charges in the Canadian health care system. In this paper we document the history of the user charge debate in Canada. The participation, positions and rationales of Canadian interest groups in debates over patient participation in health care financing are traced over the past half-century, with a particular emphasis on a small number of events in Canadian (and particularly Ontario) health care policy history during which the user charge debate was particularly heated. Our interest here is in who the key organizational players have been, what rationales have been used to underpin positions on the issue, and whether those rationales have changed over time, collectively, and for individual organizations.

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Title	The remarkable tenacity of user charges : a concise history of the participation, positions, and rationales of Canadian interest groups in the debate over "direct patient participation" in health care financing
Alternate Title	HPRU 93:15D
Creator	Barer, M. L.; Bhatia, Vandna; Stoddart, Greg L.; Evans, Robert G., 1942-
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Publisher	Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Date Issued	1993-12
Description	This is one in a series of articles by the authors about the ongoing debate over user charges in the Canadian health care system. In this paper we document the history of the user charge debate in Canada. The participation, positions and rationales of Canadian interest groups in debates over patient participation in health care financing are traced over the past half-century, with a particular emphasis on a small number of events in Canadian (and particularly Ontario) health care policy history during which the user charge debate was particularly heated. Our interest here is in who the key organizational players have been, what rationales have been used to underpin positions on the issue, and whether those rationales have changed over time, collectively, and for individual organizations.
Subject	User charges -- Canada; Medical care -- Canada -- Finance; Fee-for-Service Plans -- Canada; Fees, Medical -- Canada; Medical care, Cost of -- Canada
Genre	Book
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2014-08-26
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0048353
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50235
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; Vancouver School of Economics; Health Care and Epidemiology, Department of; Non UBC; Medicine, Faculty of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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