PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - MacPhee, S.
TI  - Reform the watchword as OECD countries struggle to contain health care costs
DP  - 1996 Mar 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 699--701
VI  - 154
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/5/699.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/154/5/699.full
SO  - CMAJ1996 Mar 01; 154
AB  - Like other countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Canada is attempting to contain the overall costs of health care by concentrating on the reform of health care delivery, not health care financing. Systems like Canada's, with predominantly public financing and mainly private delivery, have become increasingly popular around the world. Like other nations, Canada has implemented reforms to make the most of the health care dollars we do have. In this article, Susan MacPhee examines common approaches to health care reform.