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Code blue : reviving Canada's health care system by Gratzer, Dr. David, Gratzer, Dr David is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Code blue : reviving Canada's health care system about?

Will medicare be there when I need it? Increasingly, Canadians are asking themselves this question. We hear the horror stories every day: hospital hallways lined with patients; long waiting lists for cancer treatment; a shortage of high-tech equipment. No wonder confidence in medicare, Canadas most cherished social program, has fallen to a historic low. In Code Blue: Reviving Canadas Health Care System, David Gratzer takes a close look at our health care system from the overcrowded emergency rooms of Montreal hospitals, to the thriving practices of Canadian doctors who have decided to head south. He explores our misconceptions about the American health care system, analyzes demographic trends, and exposes the emptiness of political debate on the subject. Gratzer argues convincingly that the problems with medicare stem from its very structure, a structure that will only continue to weaken as Canadas population grows older. Do the commonly proposed solutions to these problems increased funding, two-tiered services, better management, user fees really have what it takes to correct such major flaws? Gratzer concludes they dont, and looks at several models in other countries before w

Author

Gratzer, Dr. David, Gratzer, Dr David

Publisher

Essays on Canadian Writing Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781550223934

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Medicine