Health Care Co-operatives Startup

Available on the internet (see below). This guide has three sections, each aimed at different audiences. The first provides developemental resource persons with an introduction to the status of the health care sector, approaches to development that are likely to generate interest among the people involved in creating new co-ops in Canada, and the co-op movement's vision of health and social services. It also presents a history of health care co-ops in Canada. The second section, intended for both development resources persons and proponents of co-operative projects, identifies needs and different co-op models. The final section, aimed at those who have decided to start a health care co-op, presents the steps in the process of starting a co-op and the factors to be considered in drawing up a good business plan.