'Medical effectiveness' in Canadian and U.S. health policy: The comparative politics of inferential ambiguity

Health Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 517-532

  Tanenbaum, Sandra J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Canadian health care system; comparative health policy; Medical effectiveness; outcomes research; research dissemination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL CARE; POLITICS; SOCIETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; POLITICS; PRIVATIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029965037     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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