ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2010
Fire, Aim… Ready? Alberta's Big Bang Approach to Healthcare Disintegration.
Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Health system structure and its influence on outcomes: The Canadian experience.Healthcare management forum · 2024Review
- Centralization and innovation: Competing priorities for health systems?The International journal of health planning and management · 2022Article
- Digitally enabled supply chain as a strategic asset for the COVID-19 response in Alberta.Healthcare management forum · 2022Article
- Understanding challenges of using routinely collected health data to address clinical care gaps: a case study in Alberta, Canada.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- Getting the Foundations Right: Alberta's Approach to Healthcare Reform.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2011Article
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Abstract
Alberta's abolition in 2008 of its health regions and the creation of Alberta Health Services (AHS) was a bold move, but the reasons for the change remain hazy. The stated goals were to "help make Alberta's … system more effective and efficient" and to "provide equitable access to health services and long-term sustainability." Data show, however, that Alberta's health regions were already performing well on these goals relative to other provinces, and where changes have since occurred, they cannot necessarily be attributed to AHS.
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21804836PMC2929894What OpenQuestion holds
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