I live in Alberta. As Aine says each province has jurisdiction over health
care. However the situation she describes is quite similar here.
As an OT the big difference that I see is our independence of practice. Most
of us are on salary with an assigned case load.
Some years ago there was a very good study published in the Canadian Journal
of Occupational Therapy that looked at the pros and cons of practice either
side of the border. I remember commenting on it on this list. It must be on
otdbase
Found it
Title: HYPERLINK
"http://thebishops.org/otdbase/FMPro?-db=otdbase%5fdatabase.fp3&-format=deta
il.htm&-lay=list&-op=cn&Abstract=United%20States%20Canada&-max=20&-recid=392
07&-find="The impact of reimbursement systems on occupational therapy
practice in Canada and the United States of America
Topics
Subtopics
OT Profession
Health Care
OT Profession
Manpower
Authors: Jongbloed L, Wendland T
Journal: HYPERLINK "http://thebishops.org/otdbase/publisher.htm#CJOT"CJOT
Vol: 69 No: 3 Yr: 2002 Pp: 143-152
Joan
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