Journal article
Parallel payers and preferred access: how Canada's Workers' Compensation Boards expedite care for injured and ill workers.
Abstract
Canada's workers' compensation boards (WCBs) finance healthcare for injured and ill workers in parallel with provincial health insurance plans. Parallel systems of healthcare finance can create preferred access for some. WCBs have in recent years pursued a number of strategies to expedite or improve the quality of care for injured or ill workers, including in-house provision in WCB-owned facilities; contracting with private, for-profit clinics; …
Authors
Hurley J; Pasic D; Lavis JN; Culyer AJ; Mustard C; Gnam W
Journal
HealthcarePapers, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 6–14
Publisher
Longwoods Publishing
Publication Date
May 15, 2008
DOI
10.12927/hcpap.2008.19792
ISSN
1488-917X