Physician-owned Surgical Clinics
Ontario rejects private surgeries
National Post, Globe and Mail, Ontario Health Coalition
March 2007
Unregulated private markets for health care in Canada?
Rules of professional misconduct, physician kickbacks
and physician self-referral
By Sujit Choudhry, Niteesh K. Choudhry and Adalsteinn D. Brown
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Commentary
Profits before Patients?
Statement of the American Hospital Association before the United States Senate Committee on Finance on Physician-owned Specialty Hospitals
American Hospital Association, May 2006
Independent sector treatment centres:
How the NHS is left to pick up the pieces
British Medical Association Journal (BMJ 2006 332: 614)
March 2006
Surgeons claim independent centres produce poor results
British Medical Association Journal (BMJ 2006 332: 623)
March 2006
Living dangerously
British Medical Association Journal (BMJ 2006 332: 0)
March 2006
The Impact of Physician-owned Limited-service Hospitals:
A Summary of Four Case Studies
Prepared for the American Hospital Association,Colorado Health and Hospital Association, Kansas Hospital Association, Nebraska Hospital Association and the
South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations
February 2005
Former British Heath Minister Warns:
U.S. firms could move in on Canadian health-care if private clinics used
Canadian Press / April 2007
The hidden costs of private clinics
Toronto Star / March 2007
Want runaway health costs?
Want runaway health costs? Encourage private surgical clinics.
Colleen Fuller, December 2006
Impact of Limited-Service Providers
on Communities and Full-Service Hospitals
American Hospital Association, Trend Watch
September 2004
Information on Dr. Brian Day