Extending Canadian Health Insurance: Options for Pharmacare and Denticare

by Robert G. Evans

This study explores the policy options a provincial government might consider in extending health care coverage to the purchase of prescription drugs and dental care. It examines the major public policy objectives involved, such as spreading risk, redistributing wealth, and reducing the barriers to care, and evaluates alternative programs in terms of their costs and efficiency as well as their realization of the basic social objectives of health...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802033539
• ISBN13: 9780802033536
• Release Date: December 1978
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"