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HSRV 339 (Rev. 4): Organization of the Canadian Health Care System Report a Broken Link

The primary purpose of HADM 339 is to introduce you to the components of the Canadian health care system: patients, health care workers, facilities, and the policies and laws that tie them together. Topics explored include Medicare and the health care needs of Canadians, aging and health care financing, public and private health care expenditures, health status, primary care and chronic diseases, pharmaceuticals and research, seniors’ care, hospitals and acute care, health care professionals and health human resource planning, and challenges to the Canadian health care system. Together, these topics present a comprehensive picture of the Canadian health care system.

Textbook

Duckett, S. (2012). Where to from here?: Keeping medicare sustainable. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.

Unit 1

Brown, M. C. (1980). The implications of established program finance for national health insurance. Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques 6(3) 521-532. Toronto: University of Toronto, on behalf of Canadian Public Policy.

Unit 2

Tomblin Murphy, G., Kephart, G., Lethbridge, L., O'Brien-Pallas, L. & Birch, S. (2009). Planning for what? Challenging the assumptions of health human resources planning. Health Policy 92(2), 225-233.
Payne, G., Laporte, A., Deber,R., & Coyte, P.C. (2007). Counting backward to health care's future: using time-to-death modeling to identify changes in end-of-life morbidity and the impact of aging on health care expenditures. Milbank Quarterly 85(2), 213-257.
Wildavsky, A. (1977). Doing better and feeling worse: the political pathology of health policy. Daedalus 106:1, 105-123.
Bentley, T. G.K., Effros, R. M., Palar, K. & Keeler, E.B. (2008). Waste in the U.S. health care system: A conceptual framework. Milbank Quarterly 86:4, 629-659.
White, J. (1999). Targets and systems of health care cost control. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 24:4, 653-696.
Constant, A., Petersen, S., Mallory, C. D., & Major, J. (2011). Research synthesis on cost drivers in the health sector and proposed policy options. In CHSRF Series of Reports on Cost Drivers and Health System Efficiency; Paper 1. Ottawa: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.

Unit 3

Evans, R. G., & Stoddart, G. L. (1990). Producing health, consuming health care. Social Science & Medicine 31(12), 1347-63.
Evans, R. G., & Stoddart, G. L.. (2003). Consuming research, producing policy? American Journal of Public Health 93(3), 371-379.

Unit 4

Wagner, E. H., Davis, C., Schaefer, J., Von Korff, M., & Austin, B. (1999). A survey of leading chronic disease management programs: are they consistent with the literature? Managed Care Quarterly 7(3), 56-66.
Robinson, J. (2001). Theory and Practice in the Design of Physician Payment Incentives. Milbank Quarterly 79(2), 149-177.

Unit 5

Grootendorst, P., & Hollis, A. (2011). Managing Pharmaceutical Expenditure: Overview and options for Canada. Ottawa: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.chsrf.ca/publicationsandresources/ResearchReports/ArticleView/11-02-18/85553e6f-379f-47d7-8817-4056e69360b7.aspx

Unit 6

Lafrenière, S. A., Carrière, Y., Martel, L., & Bélanger, A. (2003). Dependent seniors at home--formal and informal help. Health Reports, 14(4), 31-40.
Carrière, G. (2006). Seniors' use of home care. Health Reports 17(4), 43-47.
Cranswick, K., & Dosman, D. (2008). Eldercare: What we know today. Canadian Social Trends, 86.
Rijckmans, M. J. N., Bongers, I. M. B., Garretsen, H. F. L., & Van de Goor, I. A. M. (2007). A Clients' Perspective on Demand-Oriented and Demand-Driven Health Care. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 53(1), 48-62. doi: 10.1177/0020764006074292.
Fernandes, N., & Spencer, B. G. (2010). The Private Cost of Long-Term Care in Canada: Where You Live Matters. Canadian Journal on Aging, 29(3), 307-316. doi: 10.1353/cja.2010.0000
Hawes, C., & Phillips, C. D. (2007). Defining Quality in Assisted Living: Comparing Apples, Oranges, and Broccoli. The Gerontologist, 47(suppl 1), 40-50. doi: 10.1093/geront/47.Supplement_1.40

Unit 7

Baker, G. R., Norton, P. G., Flintoft, V., Blais, R., Brown, A., Cox, J., et al. (2004). The Canadian adverse events study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada. CMAJ, 170(11), 1678-1686. doi: 10.1053/cmaj.1040498.
Bentley, T. G. K., Effros, R. M., Palar, K., & Keeler, E. B. (2008). Waste in the U.S. health care system: A conceptual framework. Milbank Quarterly, 86(4), 629-659. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2008.00537.x.

Unit 8

Birch, S., Kephart, G., Tomblin- Murphy, G., O'Brien-Pallas, L., Alder, R., & MacKenzie, A. (2007). Human Resources Planning and the Production of Health: A Needs-Based Analytical Framework. Canadian Public Policy, XXXIII, S1-S16.
Plochg, T., Klazinga, N., Schoenstein, M., & Starfield, B. (2001). Reconfiguring health professions in times of multimorbidity: Eight recommendations for change. In OECD, Health Reform: Meeting the Needs of Ageing and Multiple Morbidities, OECD Publishing. doi: 10.1787/9789264122314-7-en.

Unit 9

Ham, C. (2010). The ten characteristics of the high-performing chronic care system. Health economics, policy and law, 5(1), 71-90. doi:10.1017/S1744133109990120.
Saltman, R. B., Calltorp, J., & de Roo, A. A. (2011). Health sector innovation and partnership. In OECD, Health Reform: Meeting the Needs of Ageing and Multiple Morbidities, OECD Publishing. DOI: 10.1787/9789264122314-8-en.