"February 2013".

Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-55).

Key messages -- Executive summary -- Summarizing Québec's publicly funded health and social care system -- Section 1. Overview of the Québec population: -- Health of the population -- Section 2. Québec's health and social care system: Financing health and social services; Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux; Agences de santé et des services sociaux; Health and social care providers -- Section 3. Delivery of health and social services: Programs organization -- Section 4. Spending and utilization of health and social services: Public spending on health and social services; Utilization of health and social services -- Section 5. Current funding methods: A divergence of funding methods: MSSS to ASSSM; Funding specialized care services; Access to surgery special funding initiative; Funding method: ASSSM to providers; Evaluation of current funding models; Data -- Section 6. The potential role of funding incentives: Introduction; Exploring the role of funding methods; Historical inequities in funding institutions; Prospective funding of healthcare services; Assessing the viability of ABF in the ASSSM for acute care funding; Assessing the viability of ABF in the ASSSM for non-acute care funding; Implementing ABF in the ASSSM for acute care funding -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Acronyms -- Appendix II. Summary of priorities.

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