Changing Health Care in Canada : : The Romanow Papers, Volume 2 / / ed. by Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Gregory Marchildon, Tom McIntosh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Abelson, Julia,; Armstrong, Hugh,; Armstrong, Pat,; Dallaire, Clémence,; Denis, Jean-Louis,; Dickinson, Harley D.,; Eyles, John,; Forest, Pierre-Gerlier,; Gagnon, Anita J.,; Glouberman, Sholom,; Grignon, Michel,; Mckillop, Ian,; Murphy, Gail Tomblin,; Normand, Sonia,; O\x27brien-Pallas, Linda,; Paris, Valérie,; Pivik, Jayne Renee,; Polton, Dominique,; Zimmerman, Brenda,
• HerausgeberIn: Forest, Pierre-Gerlier,; Marchildon, Gregory,; McIntosh, Tom,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)

The second in a series of three volumes presenting a selection of the best studies prepared for the Romanow Commission, this volume focuses on the problem of change in health care and health systems. Combining the talents of experienced health policy experts with innovative researchers, the resulting studies provide unique perspectives on the difficult issues under scrutiny, including complexity in health systems, management of human resources, organizational control and regulation, and public engagement.Commissioned and prepared with applicability as the foremost criteria, all of the studies presented in this volume offer solutions in managing obstacles to change. Each study also includes an appraisal of the most recent literature in the field.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Changing Health Care in Canada -- Fart One: System Change, Organization Change -- 1 Complicated and Complex Systems: What Would Successful Reform of Medicare Look Like? -- 2. Financial Rules As a Catalyst for Change in the Canadian Health Care System -- 3. Governance and Management of Change in Canada's Health System -- Part Two: Change and Providers -- 4. Planning for Care: Approaches to Health Human Resource Policy and Planning in Health Care -- 5. How Do Human Resources Policies and Practices Inhibit Change in Health Care? A Plan for the Future -- 6. Changes and a Few Paradoxes: Some Thoughts on Health System Personnel -- 7. The Influence of Physician-Payment Methods on the Efficiency of the Health Care System -- 8. Public Involvement in the Development of a Health Care Vision -- 9. Public Participation and Citizen Governance in the Canadian Health System -- 10. Practical Strategies for Facilitating Meaningful Citizen Involvement in Health Planning -- 11. The Responsiveness of the Canadian Health Care System towards Newcomers