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  • Paradigm Freeze

    Why It Is So Hard to Reform Health Care in Canada

    Series Book 179 - Queen's Policy Studies Series
    Why has health care reform proved a stumbling block for provincial governments across Canada? What efforts have been made to improve a struggling system, and how have they succeeded or failed? In Paradigm Freeze, experts in the field answer these fundamental questions by examining and comparing six essential policy issues - regionalization, needs-based funding, alternative payment plans, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Paradigm Freeze

    Why It Is So Hard to Reform Health Care in Canada

    Series Book 179 - Queen's Policy Studies Series
    Why has health care reform proved a stumbling block for provincial governments across Canada? What efforts have been made to improve a struggling system, and how have they succeeded or failed? In Paradigm Freeze, experts in the field answer these fundamental questions by examining and comparing six essential policy issues - regionalization, needs-based funding, alternative payment plans, ... Read more

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