Canadian Health Care System
Health Care System Comparisons - United States Verses Canada
Beth Glasener Ware
Marylhurst University
April 18, 2014
Author Note This paper was prepared for HCM 510, Ethical Health Care Management, taught by Professor Browne.
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Abstract
This paper defines both The United States Health Care System and the Canadian Health Care System. It compares the significant differences between the two. It provides in full detail the single-payer system verses the multi-payer system. Medical spending and administrative costs are outlined and compared. Wealth and Health is thoroughly explained regarding …show more content…
(2007). The National Bureau of Economic Research
(NBER) Comparing the U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems “Health Status, Health Care and Inequality: Canada vs. the U.S.” Retrieved From http://www.nber.org/bah/fall07/w13429.html.
Morra, D,; Nicholson, S. & Levinson, W et al. (2011). “U.S. Physician Practices
Spend Nearly Four Times as Much Money Interacting with Health Plans and Payers Than Do Their Canadian Counterparts.” Health Affairs. 1443-1450.
Aldeman, L. (Producer), & Poulain, R. (Director). (2008). Unnatural causes: In sickness and in wealth [Television series]. Boston, MA: PBS.
Palfreman, J. (Producer & Director). (2008). Sick around the World [Television series]. Boston, MA: PBS.
Goldsmith, S. B. (2011). Principles of health care management: Foundations for a changing
health care system (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
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Pozen, Alexis & Cutler, David. (2010). Medical Spending Differences in the United States and
Canada: The Role of Prices, Procedures, and Administrative Expenses, Inquiry 47(2),
Beth Glasener Ware
Marylhurst University
April 18, 2014
Author Note This paper was prepared for HCM 510, Ethical Health Care Management, taught by Professor Browne.
Health Care System Comparisons – U.S. VS. Canada 2
Abstract
This paper defines both The United States Health Care System and the Canadian Health Care System. It compares the significant differences between the two. It provides in full detail the single-payer system verses the multi-payer system. Medical spending and administrative costs are outlined and compared. Wealth and Health is thoroughly explained regarding …show more content…
(2007). The National Bureau of Economic Research
(NBER) Comparing the U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems “Health Status, Health Care and Inequality: Canada vs. the U.S.” Retrieved From http://www.nber.org/bah/fall07/w13429.html.
Morra, D,; Nicholson, S. & Levinson, W et al. (2011). “U.S. Physician Practices
Spend Nearly Four Times as Much Money Interacting with Health Plans and Payers Than Do Their Canadian Counterparts.” Health Affairs. 1443-1450.
Aldeman, L. (Producer), & Poulain, R. (Director). (2008). Unnatural causes: In sickness and in wealth [Television series]. Boston, MA: PBS.
Palfreman, J. (Producer & Director). (2008). Sick around the World [Television series]. Boston, MA: PBS.
Goldsmith, S. B. (2011). Principles of health care management: Foundations for a changing
health care system (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Health Care System Comparisons – U.S. VS. Canada 13
Pozen, Alexis & Cutler, David. (2010). Medical Spending Differences in the United States and
Canada: The Role of Prices, Procedures, and Administrative Expenses, Inquiry 47(2),