Globerman S
Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia.
J Policy Anal Manage. 1991;10(2):247-62.
The Canadian system of publicly provided health care has been praised for its cost containment attributes. Conventional cost measures do not identify costs associated with rationing access to medical facilities. This paper explores the economic relevance of hospital waiting lists and offers estimates of the economic costs of waiting for different hospital procedures in Canada. The estimated costs are relatively low as a share of overall economic activity but appear quite comparable to losses associated with labour strikes and lockouts.
加拿大的公共医疗保健系统因其成本控制特性而受到赞誉。传统的成本衡量方法并未识别出与限制医疗设施使用相关的成本。本文探讨了医院候诊名单的经济相关性，并估算了加拿大不同医院手术等待的经济成本。作为整体经济活动的一部分，估算出的成本相对较低，但似乎与因罢工和停工造成的损失相当。
