Covering a wide range of issues, the 22 cases included in Case Studies in Canadian Health Policy and Management constitute an exceptional resource for bringing real-life policy questions into the classroom.
Based on actual events, the cases were developed with input from students in the course, most of whom were mid-career professionals with strong field experience and were extensively tested in Raisa B. Debers graduate and undergraduate case studies courses at the University of Toronto. Each case features both a substantive health policy issue and key concepts and methods appropriate to examining public policy, public health, and health care management issues. In each case, the book provides a summary of the case and the related policy issues, a description of events, suggested questions for discussion, supporting information, and lists works cited and further reading. An accompanying volume of teaching notes helps guide how the case can be taught. The book also includes a substantial introductory chapter which provides a framework and summary of key policy concepts and indicates which of these can be used in which cases.
Featuring updated and new cases, the third edition of this formative textbook is suitable for graduate and undergraduate classrooms across disciplines and fields.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter
1. Concepts for the Policy Analyst
Raisa B. Deber and Valerie Rackow
Chapter
2. Danger at the Gates? Screening for Tuberculosis in Immigrants and
Refugees
Michael Gardam, Marisa Creatore, Valerie Rackow, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
3. Making Canadians Healthier: Where Do We Start?
Nurlan Algashov, Sherry Biscope, Ruby Bola, Kathryn Clarke, Mark Dobrow,
Asmita Gillani, Irene Koo, Christine McGovern, Brandy McKenna, Michèle
Parent-Bergeron, Shahzad Siddiqui, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
4. Dealing with Obesity
Oria James, Katerina Gapanenko, Aneesa Gill, Shaheena Mukhi, Valerie Rackow,
David Rudoler, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
5. Trouble on Tap: Water in Walkerton
Brenda Gamble, Nancy Kraetschmer, Kenneth Cheak Kwan Lam, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
6. The Bite of Blood Safety: Screening Blood for West Nile Virus
Kevin Glasgow, Aditi Khandelwal, Isra Levy, Frank Markel, Valerie Rackow,
Matthew Seftel, and Raisa B. Deber
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7. Looking for Trouble: Developing and Implementing a National
Network for Infectious Disease Surveillance in Canada
David Kirsch, Rena Lin, Brian Schwartz, and Raisa B. Deber
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8. Needing Nurses: The Use of Temporary Employment Agencies
Andrea Baumann, Mary Crea-Arsenio, Doreen Day, Maame De-Heer, Sarah Dimmock,
Leah Levesque, Victoria Smith, Vera Ingrid Tarman, and Raisa B. Deber
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9. Midwifery: Special Delivery
Karen Born, Esther Levy, Judy Litwack-Goldman, Amna Nishat, Han Yan, and
Raisa B. Deber
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10. The Demanding Supply: Licensing International Doctors and Nurses
in Ontario
Mary Crea-Arsenio, Mohamad Alameddine, Andrea Baumann, Jennifer Blythe, Karen
Born, Andrea A. Cortinois, Rinku Dhaliwal, Adam M. Dukelow, Christopher A.
Klinger, Nibal Lubbad, Maria Mathews, Robert Paul, Melissa Rausch, Victoria
Smith, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
11. Primary Health Care in Ontario: Inching Towards Reform
Monica Aggarwal, Munaza Chaudhry, Sarah Cutler, Victoria Ghandour, Meghan
McMahon, Allie Peckham, Zahava Rosenberg-Yunger, David Rudoler, Rena
Singer-Gordon, Romy Thomas, Debra Zelisko, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
12. At Any Price? Paying for New Cancer Drugs
Christopher J. Longo, Laurie Bourne, Rachna Chaudhary, Zahava R.S.
Rosenberg-Yunger, Bonita Rubin, Deborah Schwartz, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
13. What to Do with the Queue? Reducing Wait Times for Cancer Care
John Blake, Daniel Bolland, Brenda Gamble, Daniel Dongjoo Lee, Rena Lin,
Gunita Mitera, Natalie (Wajs) Rashkovan, Somayeh Sadat, Matthew Yao, and
Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
14. Down the Tubes: Should In Vitro Fertilization Be Insured in
Ontario
Talar Boyajian, Sheryl Farrar, Erin Gilbart, Sunnie Hu, Lise Labrecque, Mina
Mawani, Leonet Reid, Phyllis Tanaka, Judy Verbeeten, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
15. Prescription for Conflict: Drug Pricing and Coverage
Laura Esmail, Chris Longo, Vidhi Thakkar, William Wynne, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
16. Ask Your Doctor: Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription
Medicines
Chris Bonnett, Christopher J. Longo, Yeesha Poon, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter 17: Who Should Get It? Setting Priorities for the Allocation of
Scarce Resources During Pandemics
Zahava R.S. Rosenberg-Yunger, Andrea L. Baumann, Cécile Bensimon, Maxwell J.
Smith, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
18. Everybody Out of the Pool: Financing Health Expenditures through
Medical Savings Accounts
Kenneth Cheak Kwan Lam, Monish Ahluwalia, Mark Rovere, and Raisa B. Deber
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19. Long Term Care Reform in Ontario: The Long Delivery
Andrea Baumann, Jane-Anne Campbell, Sabrina Campbell, Mary Crea-Arsenio,
Christopher Longo, Frances Morton-Chang, David Oldenburger, Victoria Smith,
Karen Spalding, Romy Joseph Thomas, Anne Wojtak, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
20. Depending on How You Cut It: Resource Allocation by a Provincial
Home Care Agency
Jane-Anne Campbell, Joanne Greco, Jeff Hohenkerk, Lindsay Jolivet, Joshua
Kline, Frances Morton-Chang, Aravind Raj, Shannon L. Sibbald, Karen Spalding,
Zakariya Thraya, Anne Wojtak, and Raisa B. Deber
Chapter
21. Shoot and Tell: Mandatory Gunshot Wound Reporting by Physicians
Carrie-Lynn Haines, Julie Vernon (Holmes), Paul Miller, Valerie Rackow, and
Raisa B. Deber
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22. Dying to Die: The Evolution of MAID in Canada
Christopher A. Klinger, Tatjana Aroukatos, Tony Discenza, Paul Miller, Morgan
Neundorf, Zahava Rosenberg-Yunger: Joe Slack, Brian Van Dooren, and Raisa B.
Deber
Chapter
23. Screen Tests: Genetic testing in the nursery, and the workplace
Yvonne Bombard, Céline Cressman, Daniel Farris, Zahava R. S.
Rosenberg-Yunger, and Raisa B. Deber
About the Contributors
Raisa B. Deber is a professor emeritus at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto and has received many awards for her contributions to health policy.
Valerie Rackow is a career health care administrator and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto with expertise in addictions and mental health, accountability and health care policy.
