The road not taken: the 1945 Health Services Planning Commission proposals and physician remuneration in Saskatchewan.

This article examines the development of the medical services in Saskatchewan with respect to physician remuneration from 1915 to 1949. In particular, it seeks to determine why the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of T. C. Douglas did not follow the recommendations of its Health Services Planning Commission for the establishment of a state salaried medical service based on the province's salaried municipal doctor system. The validity of the explanations in the established historical accounts of this policy decision is assessed based on empirical evidence. It provides a clearer understanding of how and why fee-for-service payment became entrenched in Saskatchewan Medicare.

Newfoundland's Cottage Hospital System: 1920-1970.

This article examines the origins, development, and evolution of the Newfoundland Cottage Hospital System (NCHS)--one of North America's earliest efforts at publicly funded health care that involved the establishment of small "cottage" hospitals staffed by salaried medical personnel. The NCHS is compared with the Highlands and Islands Medical Service and cottage hospitals of Scotland which the established historical accounts suggest were the principal models for the Newfoundland system. The importance of the Newfoundland experience for the development of Canada's national hospital insurance program is explained. The article concludes with an examination of the issue of salary remuneration within the NCHS.

Benjamin Moore, science, and medical planning in early twentieth-century Britain.

Benjamin Moore (1867-1922), physiologist and biochemist, was an eminent member of the British scientific and medical community in the early twentieth century. As a founder and president of the State Medical Services Association (SMSA) from its establishment in 1912 until his untimely death in 1922, Moore was a prominent medical services activist and planner in a period of intense debate on health services reform. As a medical scientist, Moore was also a participant in the campaign by laboratory scientists to obtain a larger role in clinical education, research, and medicine in this period. This article examines the medical services activism and ideas of Benjamin Moore. In particular, it seeks to demonstrate how his health services proposals and those he influenced, including SMSA and Labour Party plans, sought to advance the interests of laboratory scientists.