TITLE

What the health summit missed

AUTHOR(S)
Milke, Mark
PUB. DATE
March 1999
SOURCE
Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;03/15/99, Vol. 26 Issue 12, p11
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses why the Alberta Health Summit sponsored by the Alberta government failed and suggests a health care funding alternative. What is wrong with the government's approach to paying medical expenses; Key reasons the summit floundered; How Singapore has dealt with the health care funding problem; The importance of preserving universal health care.
ACCESSION #
1658810

Tags: MEDICAL care;  PUBLIC health;  HEALTH services administration;  SOCIAL policy

 

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