Health Canada was consulted on the list of topics, but the orientation of each paper, the methodology, as well as the substance of the recommendations were left entirely to the discretion of the authors. [...] In this policy paper, “funding policy” refers to the constellation of federal, provincial and territorial laws, regulations and policies used to govern the dispersal of funds — and financial incentives — to regions, health care organizations and individual providers for the provision of publicly funded health care services, products and devices. [...] To achieve its goal, this paper has two aims: 1) to present a number of options regarding health care funding policies by drawing from my experience and research in the Canadian and international context; and 2) to identify opportunities for the federal government to positively influence health care delivery by “nudging” the provinces and territories to adopt new health care funding policies by re. [...] Since the amount of public money spent on health care doesn’t appear to be the primary cause of poor performance, the way in which the money is spent may be of critical importance to the value of health care received by provinces and territories. [...] In other words, new health care funding policies will have to reflect the primacy of hospital and physician care embedded within the Canada Health Act; provincial and territorial prioritization of physical health over mental health; and some provinces’ regionalization of health care delivery.
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