Economic study of healthcare financing in Canada, prepared by William Lougheed Associates for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association and published in 1957, during a period of expanding publicly funded hospital and healthcare programs in several Canadian provinces. Issued to encourage public discussion of healthcare financing and welfare policy, the volume examines patterns of medical care, methods of payment for healthcare in Canada, the financial experience of universal government hospital plans, and the long-term economic implications of welfare expenditures. Includes chapters on hospital insurance programs, economic development, and the control of welfare costs.
