User charges, snares and delusions : another look at the literature

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User charges, snares and delusions : another look at the literature Stoddart, G. L.; Barer, M. 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 review and extend an earlier, in-depth analysis of the effects of user charges which three of us (MLB, RGE, GLS) published in 1979. The present paper assesses whether experience and published literature in the years since then alter any of the (largely negative) conclusions of the earlier study concerning the ability of direct charges to patients to achieve important public policy objectives, including controlling health care costs.

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Title	User charges, snares and delusions : another look at the literature
Alternate Title	HPRU 93:14D
Creator	Stoddart, G. L.; Barer, M. 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 review and extend an earlier, in-depth analysis of the effects of user charges which three of us (MLB, RGE, GLS) published in 1979. The present paper assesses whether experience and published literature in the years since then alter any of the (largely negative) conclusions of the earlier study concerning the ability of direct charges to patients to achieve important public policy objectives, including controlling health care costs.
Subject	User charges -- Canada; Medical care -- Canada -- Finance; Medical economics -- Canada; Fee-for-Service Plans -- Canada; Fees, Medical -- Canada
Geographic Location	Canada
Genre	Article
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2014-08-29
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0048384
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50272
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/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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