This paper explores the impact of rapid work changes on the psychological well-being of hospital staff and examines predictors of later psychological distress. A 21% random sample of employees were surveyed in 1995 and in 1997 about their emotional functioning, coping resources, job...

Federal legislation outlined in the Medical Care Act of 1965 and the Canada Health Act of 1984 stipulates that Canadian provincial governments are to administer insurance programs for medically necessary services provided by hospitals and physicians. The legislation did not mandate provincial...

Societal preferences are typically incorporated into cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) on the basis of the average health state utilities of a sample of public raters. The cost-effectiveness of a program is then assessed on an all-or-nothing= basis: the program is declared either cost-effective...

Background. Studies have consistently found evidence of an association between unemployment and all-cause mortality. The association appears to follow a gradient, with more or longer unemployment spells associated with higher mortality rates than fewer or shorter (or no) unemployment spells. The...