VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS IN CANADA. ROYAL COMMISSION ON HEALTH SERVICES

The Voluntary Mental Health Services

The publication of this Report is an event of no small importance in the sphere of Mental Health. The Committee responsible for the Report was formed as the result of a movement for the coordination of the existing voluntary Mental Health Services. For several years there have been in existence a number of separate organisations dealing with various aspects of Mental Health work, the chief of t...

Public Spending on Health Services and Policy Research in Canada: A Reflection on Thakkar and Sullivan; Comment on “Public Spending on Health Service and Policy Research in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Modest Proposal”

Vidhi Thakkar and Terrence Sullivan have done a careful and thought-provoking job in trying to establish comparable estimates of public spending on health services and policy research (HSPR) in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their main recommendation is a call for an international collaboration to develop common terms and categories of HSPR. This paper raises two additional q...

Approaches to Integrating Physical Health Services into Behavioral Health Organizations

The Impact Of Health System Reform On Students Health Indicators in Alborz Health Services Centers

Introduction: Health indicators are one of the ways to measure success in achieving the goals of health systems. This study aimed to assess the changes of the students health indicators before and after the health system reform in Health Services Centers of Alborz University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed at health care centers of Alborz University .The s...

Integrated health organizations in Canada: developing the ideal model.

INTEGRATION is the focus of this issue of HealthcarePapers and appreciative of the opportunity to focus on Canadian experience. Expanding awareness of Canadian work in this area has never been more important as the health system repositions itself towards the path of integration. As long-term participants in design, policy, research and advocacy for the development of integrated health organiza...