title: Lessons from the Canadian health care system.
abstract: In a recent poll, 89% of Americans stated that the U.S. health care system needs fundamental changes; 61% said they would prefer a system like Canada's to the system currently in place. How does the Canadian system work? How well has it served Canadian's health needs?
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schell
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States