Eligibility for publicly financed home care.

Canadian opinions on publicly financed dental care.

BACKGROUND Inequalities in oral health and care are long recognized in Canada, with public health environments increasingly focusing on issues of equity and access to care. How does Canada publicly insure for diseases that are largely preventable, minimally experienced by the majority, but that still cause tremendous suffering among the socially marginalized? We consider this dynamic by asking ...

The Magnitude, Share and Determinants of Private Costs Incurred by Clients (and Their Caregivers) of In-home Publicly Financed Care.

Home-based health services remain one of the fastest-growing sectors in the Canadian healthcare system. While there have been studies addressing the characteristics of home care users and the determinants of utilization, the costs associated with the use of home care services, particularly private costs, have been largely neglected. To gain a comprehensive appreciation of the financing context ...

Is Expanding Public-Financed Home Care Cost-Effective?

As American Baby Boomers retire and age, questions about how to deliver long-term care efficiently and control health care costs grow more important with each projected increase in health care needs. Developing and expanding homeand community-based services (HCBS) alternative to institutional long-term care has long been a priority for many state Medicaid programs in addressing these challenges...

Publicly financed healthcare and income inequality in Canada.

Income inequality is currently the focus of considerable public and policy attention. Public services such as healthcare and education play a role in reducing income inequality in the population. This study looks at how healthcare affects the distribution of income across five income groups. Specifically, it estimates the tax contributions and the value of benefits received from physician servi...

Ethics of Health Resource Allocation in the Brazilian Publicly Financed Health Care System