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October 23, 2013

Specialist physicians should be paid by the hospitals where they carry out their procedures, rather than by provincial insurance plans as they are now, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Paying Hospital-Based Doctors: Fee for Whose Service?” authors Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby argue hospitals could then manage their personnel and resource needs more efficiently, reducing waiting lists and costs.

 

Åke Blomqvist

Åke Blomqvist currently serves as a Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.

Colin Busby

Colin Busby currently serves as directeur des politiques et du développement at HEC Montréal.