Conference: The Canadian health system comes of age
First Annual conference of the McGill University Health Centre's Institute for Strategic Analysis and Innovation (MUHC-ISAI)
May 28 and 29, 2008
Presentations
The government's role in health care
Claude E. Forget traces the evolution of government's role in health care to see where our system is heading today
The media and public opinion about health care
Antonia Maioni, Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, presents an anlaysis of public opinion and the media in health care reform.
Debate: Would more private delivery improve health care?
Yes, said Mr. Michel Clair, president of one of Quebec's largest private not-for-profit long-term care providers
No, said Dr. Nuala Kenny, founding member of Canadian Doctors for Medicare and founding Chair of the Department of Bioethics in Dalhousie's Faculty of Medicine
Debate: Do Canadians have access to better care than Americans?
Yes, said Dr. Maurice McGregor, Cardiologist at the MUHC and founding member of Canadian Doctors for Medicare
No, said Patricia Lynch, Vice-President of State Government Relations Services at Kaiser Permanente
Panel: How can Canada best learn from European experience?
How does Canada measure up to other OECD countries?
Dr. Peter Scherer, Head, Health Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Consideration in comparing health care systems in Canada and Europe
Bernard Merkel, Health Strategy and Health Systems Unit of European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
Consumer satisfaction in Canada and Europe
Johan Hjertqvist, PResident and CEO, Health Consumer Powerhouse
Kaiser Permanente: The best of the US
Patricia Lynch, Vice-President of State Government RElations SErvices at Kaiser Permanente
Private service delivery in France
Yanick Labrie, Montreal Economic Institute
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