A Review of the Funding Flows of Regional Health Authorities in British Columbia

To date, there have been few assessments of how a regionalized health care governance system has affected the allocation of resources in the system, be they financial, human, physical, technological or otherwise.

Document Highlights 

This report undertakes a review of funding flows between the B.C. government and the regional health authorities since the inception of regionalization in 1997.

This paper:

• reviews British Columbia’s recent demographic and economic performance;
• looks at public health spending and its relationship to regional health authorities; and
• examines three areas (beds, health human resources, and technology) that can have an impact on access to quality health care.