Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Table of Contents iii
3. List of Figures and Tables v
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Contributors ix
6. List of Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction 2
8. Why Canadians Need a System-Wide Healthcare Strategy 12
9. Canadian Blood Services as an Example of a Canadian Healthcare Strategy 40
10. System-Wide Healthcare Reform: The Australian Experience 64
11. The Need for a Pan-Canadian Health Human Resources Strategy and Coordinated Action Plan 88
12. Toward a Coordinated Electronic Health Record (EHR) Strategy for Canada 112
13. Integrating Care for Persons with Chronic Health and Social Needs 136
14. No Undue Hardship: A Way Forward for Canadian Pharmacare 158
15. Moving Forward on Universal Pharmacare in Canada: Should we Regulate Private Insurers in a Managed Competition Model to Achieve our Goals? 184
16. Academic Networks for the Evaluation of Health Policy and System Performance 208
17. Politics and the Healthcare Policy Arena in Canada: Diagnosing the Situation, Evaluating Solutions 224
18. Health Policy Reform in Canada: Bridging Policy and Politics 238
19. If Canada had a Healthcare Strategy, What form Could it Take? 256