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The National Health Service (NHS) at 70: some comparative reflections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2018

Carolyn H. Tuohy
Carolyn H. Tuohy*
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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*Correspondence to: Carolyn H. Tuohy, Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Toronto, 14 Queen’s Park Crescent West, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3K9. Email:c.tuohy@utoronto.ca
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Abstract

As the National Health Service (NHS) turns 70, it bears comparison with another universal system celebrating an anniversary this year: Canada’s 50-year-old medicare model. Each system is iconically popular, and each revolves around a profession-state accommodation. Both the popularity and the central axis of each system have been tested by external shocks in the form of periodic fiscal cycles of investment and austerity, and internal stresses generating organizational cycles of centralization and decentralization. In addition, the English NHS has undergone periodic bursts of major policy change, which have arguably moved the system closer to the Canadian single-payer model.

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Perspective
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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 2019 , pp. 25 - 28
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© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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