The Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care in Canada

The Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care- the first of a three-volume set of selected papers from the Romanow Commission - comprises the most influential discussion papers on the fiscal sustainability of public health care in the future. The subjects covered include the current and potential cost drivers of the system, the financing and delivery of health care, fiscal federalism, and international trade regimes. While some of the contributors are among Canada's best known and respected figures in the field, others are relatively new scholars from Canada and abroad who bring fresh perspectives and new insights to the issue of fiscal sustainability. Presenting divergent diagnoses and policy prescriptions, the papers collectively highlight the many factors that governments and health care sector managers must confront to keep the Canadian health care system viable in the 21st century.

Gregory P. Marchildon is a Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History and professor in the Faculty of Administration at the University of Regina. Tom McIntosh is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, and Research Faculty at the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Branch, University of Regina. Pierre-Gerlier Forest is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at UniversitT Laval.