Voluntary eye hospitals committed to serving the community must understand the reality of cost escalation due to inflation, advancements in medical technology and changing expectations of staff and patients. However, these costs are often not matched by the patients’ paying capacity. While increasing income, through increased user fees or donations which are financial options that will be consi...

Aim. Describe the mechanisms currently being used by federal and provincial/territorial governments, medical associations, and private insurers to control the cost of health care in our country. Methods. Descriptive method used. Statistics on percentage GDP spent on health, and health status of the population, were compared with other OECD countries. Questions discussed: importance of cost cont...

BACKGROUND Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a serious disease with a rapid onset, high mortality rate, and risk of long-term complications. Numerous reports in the literature conclude that IMD outbreaks are associated with substantial costs to society and significant burden on communities due to the cost associated with the prevention of secondary cases. OBJECTIVE To systematically rev...

Accepted for publication 10 September 1996 Introduction For the past few years, the United States has been engaged in a public policy debate about how to reform the healthcare system to assure access to care while cost containment. Underlying the deliberations is a concern that quality and cost containment are a trade off that is, that efforts to contain costs inevitably result in lower quality...

Concern continues to be expressed about the rapid rise of health care costs in the United States, its present impact, implications for the future, and alternative policies aimed at moderating the increase. For example, a 1990 survey of 821 chief executive officers of businesses in Wisconsin revealed that 67 percent perceived health costs as "substantially out of control" with 96 percent respond...