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Alberta’s health care system and the underpinning political and social forces that have shaped it. Drawing on significant wealth from government revenues generated through the energy sector, Alberta has been able to develop an extensive public health and health care infrastructure.  \nAlberta has used its financial resources to attract health professionals by offering the highest levels of financial compensation in Canada. However, although it spends more per capita than other Canadian jurisdictions, Alberta’s health care system costs and health outcomes are mediocre compared to those of many other Canadian jurisdictions. This unexpected outcome is the consequence of the unique interplay  \nof economic and political forces within Alberta’s political economy. Through an examination of Alberta’s political and economic history, and using research on the structures and services provided, Alberta: A Health Systems Profile provides a detailed description of the programs  \nand services that constitute Alberta’s health care system.(Provincial and Territorial Health System Profiles)  \nJOHN CHURCH is a professor in the Department of Political Science atthe University of Alberta.  \nNEALE SMITH is a research coordinator at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation at the University of British Columbia.  \nProvincial and Territorial Health System Profiles  \nSeries Editor: Gregory P. Marchildon, Director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies  \nThis series of provincial and territorial health system profiles is sponsored and directed by the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, a collaborative partnership of academic researchers, governments, and health organizations promoting evidence-informed health policy decision-making.  \nALBERTA  \na h ealth sy s t e m p r o fil e  \nJohn Church and Neale Smith  \nUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS  \nToronto Buffalo London  \n©  \nUniversity of Toronto Press 2022 Toronto Buffalo London  \n[utorontopress.com](utorontopress.com)  \n[Printed in the U.S.A.](Printed in the U.S.A.)  \nISBN 978-1-4875-0752-7 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-4875-2516-3 (paper)  \nISBN 978-1-4875-3642-8 (EPUB) ISBN 978-1-4875-3641-1 (PDF)  \nLibrary and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication  \nTitle: Alberta : a health system profile / John Church, Neale Smith.  \nNames: Church, John, 1961–, author. | Smith, Neale (Research coordinator), author.  \nSeries: Provincial and territorial health system profiles.  \nDescription: Series statement: Provincial and territorial health system profiles | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210329629 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210329718 |  \nISBN 9781487507527 (cloth) | ISBN 9781487525163 (paper) | ISBN 9781487536428 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781487536411 (PDF)  \nSubjects: LCSH: Medical care – Alberta. | LCSH: Medical policy – Alberta. Classification: LCC RA395.C3 C58 2022 | DDC 362.1097123 – dc23  \nWe wish to acknowledge the land on which the University of Toronto Press operates. This land is the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, the Métis, and the Mississaugas ofthe Credit First Nation.  \nThis series of provincial and territorial health system profiles is sponsored and directed by the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, a collaborative partnership of academic researchers, governments, and health organizations promoting evidence-informed health policy decision-making.  \nUniversity of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, for its publishing activities.  \nan Ontario government agency  \nun organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario  \nFunded by the Government of Canada  \nFinancé par legouvernement du Canada  \nTo our families and frien","cbCaifbdAvdFr1gE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifbdAvdFr1gE","pdf",8228319,287,"English","# Contents\n## List of Figures, Tables, and Box\n## Series Editor’s Foreword\n## Preface and Acknowledgments\n## List of Acronyms\n## 1 Introduction and Overview\n## 2 Organization and Regulation\n## 3 Health Expenditures and Financing\n## 4 Physical Infrastructure","[{\"question\":\"What is the core purpose of Alberta: A Health System Profile?\",\"answer\":\"It provides the first detailed description of Alberta’s health care system and explains the political and social forces shaping it through an examination of Alberta’s political and economic history.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book connect Alberta’s finances to its health care system development?\",\"answer\":\"It describes how wealth from government revenues generated through the energy sector enabled the province to develop extensive public health and health care infrastructure, and to attract professionals with competitive compensation.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the book say Alberta’s outcomes are mediocre despite high per-capita spending?\",\"answer\":\"It attributes this outcome to the unique interplay of economic and political forces within Alberta’s political economy, based on the interaction between these conditions and the system’s structures and services.\"}]","Alberta - A Health System Profile - Overview | PDF",723]