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Canada's Integrated Health Care System

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Over the years Canada has been making efforts to adopt an integrated health care system. There is existence of disconnected sections in the healthcare system that involves hospitals; doctor’s working conditions, community service groups among others. Various provinces in Canada are taking risks and experimenting with different structures and approaches in an effort to provide better services and overall improved healthcare to its residents. Examples include: Regional Health Authorities and Local Health Integration Networks. Despite all these efforts, Canada’s regional health authorities still do not have characteristics of a fully integrated system. (Hospital Management Research Unit 1996, 1997). In contrast to Canada, most developed countries

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