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9781552664094

False Positive : Private Profit in Canada's Medical Laboratories

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    9781552664094

  • ISBN10:

    1552664090

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2011-03-01
  • Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd.

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Offering a daring expose of Canada's laboratory system, this investigation unveils its historical and contemporary development, contending that its landscape has been heavily influenced by private, for-profit companies to the detriment of public health care. The study covers the ongoing debate between private and public organizations, the history of the for-profit companies' rise to power, how laboratory services vary outside of Canada, and more. This is an important contribution to an evolving discussion, featuring commentary on cost and integration as well as quality and accessibility.

Table of Contents

Acronymsp. 7
ntroduction: Medical Laboratories and the Public-Private Debatep. 9
The Public-Private Debatep. 10
What Is Public and What Is Private?p. 12
How Medical Laboratories Workp. 14
Cost and Integrationp. 15
Outline of the Booakp. 16
Medical Laboratory Services before Medicarep. 18
Securing a Strong Non-Profit Sectorp. 18
Non-Profit Hospital Insurance, Doctors and Laboratory Servicesp. 19
The Medical Insurance Honey Potp. 20
Billing for Work Not Donep. 21
Summaryp. 22
The Rise of the For-Profits, 1968-1990p. 24
Medicare and Increased Utilizationp. 24
Global Budgets and Limiting Hospital Access to ohip Moneyp. 25
Direct Funding for Private Laboratoriesp. 26
A Different Workload Measurement Systemp. 27
Profitable but Not Efficientp. 27
Licensing the Laboratory Sectorp. 28
Conflicts of Interest and Overusep. 30
Regulatory Attempts to Control Overusep. 31
Consolidation of the Laboratory Industryp. 35
Ontario Association of Medical Laboratoriesp. 37
Staff Conflict of Interestp. 38
Political Conflict of InterestùMoney and Personnelp. 38
Summaryp. 39
Support for Non-Profit Deliveryp. 42
Hospital Regionalization Initiativesp. 42
Hospitals In-Common Laboratoryp. 43
The HICL Moves into the Communityp. 44
Hamilton Health Sciences Laboratory Programp. 45
Other Hospital-Community Initiativesp. 46
Laboratory Outpatient Pilot Projectp. 47
Summaryp. 49
For-Profits Consolidate Power, 1990-2010p. 52
The Agreement with the OAMLp. 53
Large Labs Respond to Hard Caps with Service Cutsp. 54
The 1992 Laboratory Services Reviewp. 56
LSR: No Decisions a Private Victoryp. 57
Regulation 02/98ùEnding Competitionp. 58
The Failed Long-Term SolutionùRegional Integrationp. 59
The Real Government Policyp. 63
Reduction in Non-Profit Community Lab Servicesp. 64
Contracting Private Servicesp. 65
Joint Venturesp. 66
New Tests and Programsp. 67
Summaryp. 68
The WinnersùMDS, GDML and CIVILp. 71
LifeLabs/MDSp. 71
Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories (GDML)p. 74
CML Healthcare Income Fund (CML)p. 75
Variations from Sea to Seap. 78
British Columbiap. 80
Albertap. 82
Saskatchewanp. 84
Manitobap. 86
Quebecp. 87
New Brunswickp. 89
Nova Scotiap. 89
Prince Edward Islandp. 90
Newfoundland and Labradorp. 91
Cost and Integrationp. 92
The Cost Argument for Non-Profit Laboratoriesp. 93
The Private Sector Unit-Cost Approachp. 94
Excess Capacityp. 95
The Evidencep. 95
Why Are For-Profit Laboratories More Expensive?p. 99
Inflated Feesp. 99
What Is the Extra Cost?p. 103
Quality and Accessibilityp. 105
Qualityp. 105
Pre- and Post-Analytic Quality ù Resources and Integrationp. 109
Accessp. 111
Conclusionsp. 114
Physicians, Political Process and Private Profitp. 116
The For-Profit-Non-Profit Debatep. 116
Why Do We Have For-Profit Laboratories?p. 117
Secrecyp. 117
Unequal Standards of Proofp. 119
Unequal Voicesp. 119
Private Profit versus Public Interestp. 120
The Medical Profession and For-Profit Laboratoriesp. 120
Some Restrictions of For-Profit Deliveryp. 122
How to Improve Laboratory Servicesp. 123
Conclusionp. 125
Personal Communicationsp. 127
Referencesp. 128
Acknowledgementsp. 135
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