title: Public/private pragmatism.
abstract: Howard Chodos and Jeffrey MacLeod offer a breath of fresh air, with their call for a pragmatic approach to decisions about the role of the private sector in the Canadian healthcare system. At the current rate of growth, Canadians will spend 125 billion Canadian dollars on health services this year. We have some decisions to make: the healthcare system is too big, too complex and too important for us to make those decisions based on preconceived notions or ideology.
authors.affiliation: Capital Health, Edmonton.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weatherill
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*