SOC239H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Allocative Efficiency
24 Apr 2016
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International comparisons of health care systems bring out interesting issues. How different systems affect health outcomes in different places. Nature of diseases, illnesses, and treatments show similar patterns and trends. What we can use to evaluate performance of hcs. Seemingly converging trends: equity in access. Poor people doctors more in canada while rich people do that more often in us. More equitably distributed in canada in relation to need. Equity is an important factor in improved health care but not the only factor. Specialist care is still reachable by the rich, even in canada. Canada fares poorly when compared with oecd countries. In 2001, over trillion spent on health care in world (7. 9% of world economic output) Amount of expenditure as a % of gdp (pg. Canada has the 6th most costly health care system. Health care cost does not guarantee a high level of health among people.
