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  • Title: Core and comprehensive health care services: 4. Economic issues.
    Author: Wyman M, Feeley J, Brimacombe G, Doucette K.
    Journal: CMAJ; 1995 May 15; 152(10):1601-4. PubMed ID: 7743446.
    Abstract:
    This article reviews the economic dimensions of the CMA's decision-making framework on core and comprehensive services. The framework was developed in a policy context characterized by three government objectives: reduction, reallocation and reassignment of health care resources. One economic-evaluation tool for the determination of core services is cost-effectiveness analysis. Some of the critical demand-side and supply-side considerations include the perceived value of medical services, the availability of private insurance and the supply of health care providers. The article concludes that shifting services to the private sector should not be viewed as a panacea for reducing the costs and improving the economic efficiency of the health care system, or for increasing patient access to, or the cost-effectiveness of high-quality care.
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