Terrence Sullivan has long been active in issues relating to health care policy. He has been the Executive Director of Ontario's Premier's Council on Health Strategy; the President of the Institute for Work and Health; Assistant Deputy Minister of Federal-Provincial Relations; and is currently Vice President of CancerCare Ontario, the provincial cancer agency. Dr. Sullivan is also an Associate Professor in the Departments of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Patricia M. Baranek is an independent health services research consultant. She has had considerable research experience in a number of diverse fields which include health care and criminology. She has held management positions in health and social policy in the Ontario Ministries of Health, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Citizenship. In health care, her research has focussed on public/private financing and delivery, long-term care, home care, mental health, planning, and evaluation.

• ForewordPreface1 Declining Public Confidence in Canada's Health Care System2 What is Public and What is Private?3 Memes and Myths4 Canaries in the Mine: Waiting for Care5 Closer to Home and Out of Pocket: Shifting Sites of Care6 The Future: Rigid, Resilient, or Retail Reform ChoicesEndnotesIndex

Terrence Sullivan has long been active in issues relating to health care policy. He has been the Executive Director of Ontario's Premier's Council on Health Strategy; the President of the Institute for Work and Health; Assistant Deputy Minister of Federal-Provincial Relations; and is currently Vice President of CancerCare Ontario, the provincial cancer agency. Dr. Sullivan is also an Associate Professor in the Departments of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Patricia M. Baranek is an independent health services research consultant. She has had considerable research experience in a number of diverse fields which include health care and criminology. She has held management positions in health and social policy in the Ontario Ministries of Health, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Citizenship. In health care, her research has focussed on public/private financing and delivery, long-term care, home care, mental health, planning, and evaluation.

• ForewordPreface1 Declining Public Confidence in Canada's Health Care System2 What is Public and What is Private?3 Memes and Myths4 Canaries in the Mine: Waiting for Care5 Closer to Home and Out of Pocket: Shifting Sites of Care6 The Future: Rigid, Resilient, or Retail Reform ChoicesEndnotesIndex

Terrence Sullivan has long been active in issues relating to health care policy. He has been the Executive Director of Ontario's Premier's Council on Health Strategy; the President of the Institute for Work and Health; Assistant Deputy Minister of Federal-Provincial Relations; and is currently Vice President of CancerCare Ontario, the provincial cancer agency. Dr. Sullivan is also an Associate Professor in the Departments of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Patricia M. Baranek is an independent health services research consultant. She has had considerable research experience in a number of diverse fields which include health care and criminology. She has held management positions in health and social policy in the Ontario Ministries of Health, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Citizenship. In health care, her research has focussed on public/private financing and delivery, long-term care, home care, mental health, planning, and evaluation.

• ForewordPreface1 Declining Public Confidence in Canada's Health Care System2 What is Public and What is Private?3 Memes and Myths4 Canaries in the Mine: Waiting for Care5 Closer to Home and Out of Pocket: Shifting Sites of Care6 The Future: Rigid, Resilient, or Retail Reform ChoicesEndnotesIndex