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Value for money : making Canadian health care stronger

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Health Council of Canada. [Toronto, ON]: Health Council of Canada , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 H34 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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Corporate Author: Health Council of Canada

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Health Council of Canada

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Delivery of Health Care - economics; Health Care Costs; Economics, Medical; Canada

ISBN: 9781897463406

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Internet

Call Number: W74 H34 2009

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Envisioning the national health care quality report

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the National Quality Report on Health Care Delivery. Washington, DC: National Academy Press , 2001.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W 84 I59e 2001

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the National Quality Report on Health Care Delivery

Editor: Hurtado, Margarita P; Swift, Elaine K

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Academy Press

Publication Date: 2001

Subjects: Quality Assurance, Health Care - United States; Delivery of Health Care - United States

ISBN: 030907343X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W 84 I59e 2001

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Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2005. 3rd ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 M592 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Editor: Drummond, Michael F

Edition: 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xv, 379 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Costs and Cost Analysis; Delivery of Health Care - economics; Economics, Medical; Program Evaluation; Evaluation Studies as Topic

ISBN: 9780198529453

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W74 M592 2005

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Ethics and the allocation of limited resources in health care

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Herbert, Philip, Ogle, Keith. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services , 2002.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W50 E85 2001 v.5

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Herbert, Philip; Ogle, Keith

Corporate Author: Ethics Steering Committee (BC Cancer Agency)

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date: 2002

Physical Description: 1/2 inch : colour ; 60 minutes

Series: VCC Ethics Steering Committee 5

Subjects: Ethics, Medical - videocassettes; Neoplasms - economics - videocassettes; Delivery of Health Care - economics - videocassettes

Language: English

Material Type: Video; VHS

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library AV Room

Call Number: W50 E85 2001 v.5

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Cultural diversity in health and illness

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Spector, Rachel E. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall , 2009. 7th ed.

Audience: Professional

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Author: Spector, Rachel E

Edition: 7th ed.

Place of Publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 2009

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Cultural Diversity; Cultural Competency; Health Status; Delivery of Health Care; Attitude to Health - ethnology; Ethnic Groups; United States

ISBN: 9780135035894; 0135035899

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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When children die : improving palliative and end-of-life care for children and their families

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press , 2003.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WS200 W567 2003

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

Editor: Field, Marilyn Jane; Behrman, Richard E

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press

Publication Date: 2003

Physical Description: xx, 690 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Terminal Care; Child; Health Policy; Patient Participation; Professional-Family Relations; Terminal Care - economics; Terminal Care - legislation & jurisprudence; United States

ISBN: 9780309084376; 0309084377

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library; Internet

Call Number: WS200 W567 2003

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Health at a glance 2009 : OECD indicators

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD. Paris: OECD , 2009. 5th ed.

Audience: Professional

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Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; OECD

Edition: 5th ed.

Place of Publication: Paris

Publisher: OECD

Publication Date: 2009

Subjects: Health Status Indicators; Delivery of Health Care - utilization; Health Care Costs; Statistics

ISBN: 9789264061538

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Economics of cancer care

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Bosanquet, Nicholas, Sikora, Karol. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 B741e 2006

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Bosanquet, Nicholas; Sikora, Karol

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: v, 185 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - economics; Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasms - prevention & control; Delivery of Health Care - economics; Economics, Medical

ISBN: 9780521850070; 052185007X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ200 B741e 2006

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Truth about the drug companies : how they deceive us and what to do about it

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Angell, Marcia. New York, NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2005. updated ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and …

Author: Angell, Marcia

Edition: updated ed.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: xxviii, 319p. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Drug Industry - economics; Advertising as Topic; Pharmaceutical Preparations - economics; Biomedical Research - economics; Government Regulation; Marketing of Health Services; United States

Abstract: The $200 billion colossus -- The creation of a new drug -- How much does the pharmaceutical industry really spend on R & D? -- Just how innovative is this industry? -- "Me-too" drugs : the main business of the pharmaceutical industry -- How good are new drugs? -- The hard sell...lures, bribes, and kickbacks -- Marketing masquerading as education -- Marketing masquerading as research -- Patent games : stretching out monopolies -- Buying influence : how the industry makes sure it gets its way -- Is the party over? -- How to save the pharmaceutical industry...and get our money's worth.

ISBN: 9780375760945; 0375760946

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QV736 A583t 2005

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British Columbia medical and hospital atlas : a companion to the British Columbia Rx atlas, 2nd ed.

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Morgan, Steve. [Vancouver, BC?]: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of B.C. , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 M847 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Morgan, Steve

Corporate Author: University of British Columbia; Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of B.C.

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 112 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Health Care Costs; Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals - economics; British Columbia; Atlases

Notes: September 2009

ISBN: 9781897085202

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library REF Statistics

Call Number: W74 M847 2009

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Priority setting toolkit : a guide to the use of economics in healthcare decision making

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Mitton, Craig, Donaldson, Cam. London: BMJ Books , 2004.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 M685 2004

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Mitton, Craig; Donaldson, Cam

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: BMJ Books

Publication Date: 2004

Subjects: Health Planning - economics; Delivery of Health Care - economics; Decision Making

ISBN: 0727917366

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: W74 M685 2004

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Working it out : your employment rights as a cancer survivor

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Hoffman, Barbara. Silver Spring, Md.: National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship , 2008.

Audience: Patient or Public

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Author: Hoffman, Barbara

Place of Publication: Silver Spring, Md.

Publisher: National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

Publication Date: 2008

Subjects: Neoplasms - economics; Employment; Work; Civil Rights; Patient Advocacy; United States

Language: English

Material Type: Pamphlet; Online

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Internet

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Economic burden of illness in Canada 1998

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Canada. Health Canada. Population and Public Health Branch. Ottawa, Ont.: Health Canada Publications , 2002.

Audience: Professional

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Alternate Title: EBIC

Corporate Author: Canada. Health Canada. Population and Public Health Branch

Place of Publication: Ottawa, Ont.

Publisher: Health Canada Publications

Publication Date: 2002

Subjects: Economics, Medical - Canada; Delivery of Health Care - economics - Canada; Neoplasms - economics - Canada

ISBN: 0662331443

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Designing and conducting cost-effectiveness analyses in medicine and health care

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Muennig, Peter, Khan, Kamran. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass , c2002. 1st ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 M948d 2002

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Muennig, Peter; Khan, Kamran

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: San Francisco

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Publication Date: c2002

Physical Description: xxvi, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Subjects: Cost-Benefit Analysis - methods; Health Care Costs; Quality of Life

ISBN: 0787960136 (alk. paper)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W74 M948d 2002

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Common sense guide to improving palliative care

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Lynn, Joanne. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2007.

Audience: Professional

An orientation; Basics of quality improvement; Advance care planning; Preventing, assessing, and treating pain; Assuring comfort; Caring for caregivers; Continuity and transfers; Chronic care: heart and lung failure; Nursing home quality: pressure ulcers; Improving care for people with advanced dem…

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Author: Lynn, Joanne

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2007

Series: R2 Library

Subjects: Palliative Care - organization & administration; Terminal Care - organization & administration; Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods; United States

Abstract: An orientation; Basics of quality improvement; Advance care planning; Preventing, assessing, and treating pain; Assuring comfort; Caring for caregivers; Continuity and transfers; Chronic care: heart and lung failure; Nursing home quality: pressure ulcers; Improving care for people with advanced dementia and their families; Improving intensive care units; Building a palliative care program; Hospice program quality; End-of-life care, spiritual support, and bereavement; Beyond quality improvement: policy improvement

ISBN: 9780195310412; 0195310411

Language: English

Material Type: Ebook

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Treating early breast cancer : BC Cancer Agency policies|Evolution in funding new cancer drugs

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Ellard, Susan, O'Reilly, Susan. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ200 B366a 2006 v.2

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Full conference information obtained from the Annual cancer conference program and abstracts. See ID# 15548. (QZ200 B366 2006); Treating early breast cancer : BC Cancer Agency policies by Dr. Susan Ellard (25 minutes); Evolution in funding new cancer drugs by Dr. Susan O'Reilly (25 minutes)

Alternate Title: Annual cancer conference; Annual cancer conference : partners in research and care : BC and the world

Author: Ellard, Susan; O'Reilly, Susan

Corporate Author: BC Cancer Agency. Annual Cancer Conference (2006 November 23-25 : Vancouver, BC)

Place of Publication: [Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher: BC Cancer Agency. Multi-Media Services

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: 50 minutes

Series: BC Cancer Agency annual cancer conference 2006 v.2

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Antineoplastic Agents - economics; Drugs - economics; Delivery of Health Care - economics; BC Cancer Agency

Abstract: Full conference information obtained from the Annual cancer conference program and abstracts. See ID# 15548. (QZ200 B366 2006); Treating early breast cancer : BC Cancer Agency policies by Dr. Susan Ellard (25 minutes); Evolution in funding new cancer drugs by Dr. Susan O'Reilly (25 minutes)