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Pour un système de santé public et accessible, faisons place au privé!
Health care reform in Canada.
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Effectifs infirmiers: une pénurie d’imagination?
The reserve supply of nursing staff time.
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The availability of nurses for mixed practice
Demographic change is putting a heavy strain on Quebec’s public health care system. In particular, this is reflected in a greater need for nursing staff. Meanwhile, many nurses are opting to practise their profession with employment agencies and in the private sector, causing fears of a weakening of the public sector. The Montreal Economic Institute conducted an investigation among nurses to see if the labour supply is really being used to full capacity and whether some nurses would be willing to work extra hours in private practice.
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The private sector within a public health care system: The French example
In public policy matters, debates on the health care system are, beyond a doubt, those that cause the greatest controversy. In Quebec, as elsewhere in Canada, the issue of what role should be entrusted to the private sector in the provision of health care services is especially problematic. This is indicated by the strong reactions to the recently published report of the Task Force on the Funding of the Health System, chaired by Claude Castonguay, which some blamed for suggesting a greater participation of private providers as a way toward solving the health care system’s problems.
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Équilibré et ambitieux
Reaction to the Castonguay report on health care financing.
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Un régime qui ne marche pas
Reaction to the Castonguay report on health care financing.
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Une opposition irrationnelle
The private sector’s participation to the Quebec and Canadian health care system.
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11 idées pour changer le Québec – 40 heures
Eleven ideas from the MEI for getting Quebec out of its torpor.
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Propagande syndicale
Advertising campaign against the participation of the private sector in Quebec’s health care system.
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An overview of operating room use in Quebec hospitals
As questions abound regarding management and resource use in the public health care system, it is important to evaluate the place the private sector could occupy. With this first Economic Note on the use of health care resources, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) wishes to add some thoughts on the optimization of operating blocks in Quebec. A later Economic Note will look into the supply of human resources in the health care system.