Extending Canadian Health Insurance: Options for Pharmacare and Denticare

R.G. Evans; M.F. Williamson

Published by University of Toronto Press 1978

Extending Canadian Health Insurance

Options for Pharmacare and Denticare

R.G. Evans and M.F. Williamson

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487595081

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About this book

This study explores the policy options a provincial government might consider in extending health care coverage to prescription drugs and dental care.

Author / Editor information

Evans R.G. :

R.G. Evans is a professor emeritus of Economics at the University of British Columbia.

Williamson M.F. :

M.F. Williamson was a member of the Department of Public and Community Dental Health and director of Continuing Dental Education at the University of British Columbia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Public intervention: objectives and criteria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Pharmacare and its alternatives: insurance options Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Pharmacare and its alternatives: reshaping the delivery system Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4. Denticare and its alternatives: insurance options Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
5. Denticare and its alternatives: reshaping the delivery system Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
6. Under-use of auxiliaries in private practice: theoretical issues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
7. Summary and conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Appendix A. Risk-Spreading And The Gains Or Losses From Insurance: A Graphical Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Appendix B. Estimated cost of a deductible pharmacare program compared with Manitoba (1975) experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
Appendix C. Retail pharmacy: some current price data Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Appendix D. Dental care utilization and dental health Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1978
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288

eBook

Published: December 15, 1978
ISBN: 9781487595081