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This document presents the detailed analysis and rationale, as well as recommendations, that led to the National Forum on Health priorities (outlined in Volume I) for ways to improve Canada's health system and the health of people in Canada. The document contains the individual synthesis papers developed by each of the Forum working groups. The Values working group sought to understand the values and principles that Canadians hold about health and health care, so that the system continues to reflect and respond to those values. The Striking A Balance working group considered how to allocate society's limited resources to best protect, restore, and promote the health of Canadians, with attention to the balance of resources within the health sector and between the health sector and other sectors of the economy. The Determinants Of Health group consulted specialists to assist in identifying appropriate actions on the non-medical determinants of health. The working group on Evidence-Based Decision Making considered how individuals, practitioners, and policy makers can have access to and utilize the best available evidence in making decisions. The document also contains issue-specific papers on an Aboriginal health institute, pharmaceutical policy, and women's health.

Report of seven task forces appointed by the Committee on Costs of Health Services, established in 1969 to inquire into ways of restraining the rate of increase in health service expenditures.