Canadian nurses under a single-payer system: advantage or disadvantage?
The American nursing community has not wholeheartedly endorsed comprehensive health care system reform because of fear that nursing salaries, wage compression, direct reimbursement, and political power will be negatively affected in a single-payer system. These issues are evaluated under the Canadian health care system (a single-payer system). The source of payment does not appreciably affect these issues.
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D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States