The determinants of the public-private mix in Canadian health care expenditures: 1975-1996

Health Policy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-112

  Di Matteo, Livio ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centralization; Public private health expenditure

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CENTRALIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MODEL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0034088865     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(00)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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