How can we create a cost-effective system of primary and community care built around interdisciplinary teams?
The BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives welcomes the opportunity to share our views and recommendations in response to the question posed by the Select Standing Committee on Health: how can we create a cost-effective system of primary and community care built around interdisciplinary teams? We very much agree with the panel that answering this question is critical to ensuring the long-term sustainability of a high quality, cost-effective public health system. Our analysis of the available evidence leads us to believe that a shift to more interdisciplinary team-based care will also address many of the access challenges in rural and remote communities across BC.
About the author
Marcy Cohen is a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and an adjunct faculty member in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She has co-authored a number of research and policy studies looking at public solutions to the current challenges in our health care system, including the 2007 CCPA publication Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists.
Marcy Cohen is a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and an adjunct faculty member in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She has co-authored a number of research and policy studies looking at public solutions to the current challenges in our health care system, including the 2007 CCPA publication Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists.
