The application of economic evaluation methods to the analysis of health care services and programs has grown steadily over the past two decades. One form of economic analysis in particular - cost utility analysis (CUA) - is receiving considerable attention from researchers and policy makers....

Increasing attention is being paid to the non-health-care influences on population health status. Policy recommendations and emerging from this interest have tended to focus on providing equal opportunity to attain good health. In this sense policies have tended to be ‘enabling’ with little...

In this study we develop a methodology for calculating a capitation rate for a Comprehensive Health Organization (CHO). We apply the methodology to the population served by the proposed Fort Frances CHO. The methods of calculating capitation rates used currently by the Ontario Ministry of Health...

This document reviews the findings of studies of the clinical and economic performance of Ontario’s Health Service Organizations and makes recommendations for further evaluation. The tentative conclusions regarding HSO performance indicate that: 1. The HSO program in total and some HSOs...

Increasing interest in quality assurance and effectiveness in health care has been generated by three major observations: about 20% of care is consistently demonstrated to be inappropriate, variations in practice cannot be explained be patient or facility factors, and decreased utilization as a...