An investigation of the impact of supplementary health benefits for low-income families in Saskatchewan

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-78

  Livingstone, Trish ^a   Lix, Lisa ^b   McNutt, Mary ^c   Morris, Evan ^d   Rosenbluth, David ^e   Scott, Doug ^e   Watson, Felecia ^f  

^a Saskatchewan Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Saskatchewan Learning   (Canada)

^d EcoTech Research Ltd   (Canada)

^e Saskatchewan Social Services   (Canada)

^f SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS; AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONE; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; EAR DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY HEALTH; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSURANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL FEE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOSE DISEASE; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT INFORMATION; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SKIN DISEASE; THROAT DISEASE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0842280614     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403639     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Building Independence - Investing in Families. Regina: Government of Saskatchewan, 1998.
2. Saskatchewan Health. Family Health Benefits. Regina: Government of Saskatchewan, 1999.
3. Saskatchewan Health and Saskatchewan Social Services. Monitoring the Effects of Family Health Benefits for Low-Income Families in Saskatchewan. Regina: Government of Saskatchewan; 2001. Available from: http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/ info_center_pub_mon_efts_of_fam_hlth-ben_lif.pdl
4. Kozyrskyj A, Mustard S, Derksen S, Considering the health care needs of children living in households receiving social assistance in Manitoba. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, December 2000.
5. Statistics Canada. Census Profile Series: Saskatchewan (Car #95F0262XCB96000). Ottawa: Government of Canada, 1996.
6. Saskatchewan Health. Medical Services and Health Registration Branch Annual Statistical Report, 1996-97. Regina: Government of Saskatchewan.
7. Saskatchewan Health. Medical Services and Health Registration Branch Annual Statistical Report, 1997-98. Regina: Government of Saskatchewan.
8. Saskatchewan Health. Medical Services and Health Registration Branch Annual Statistical Report, 1998-99. Regina: Government of Saskatchewan.
9. Saskatchewan Health. Medical Services and Health Registration Branch Annual Statistical Report, 1999-2000. Regina: Government of Saskatchewan.
10. Saskatchewan Health, Corporate Information and Technology Branch. Government of Saskatchewan.
11. Tamblyn R, Laprise R, Hanley J, Abrahamowicz M, Scott S, Mayo N, et al. Adverse events associated with prescription drug cost-sharing among poor and elderly persons. JAMA 2001;285(4):421-29.
12. Williamson D, Fast J. Poverty status, health behaviours and health: Implications for social assistance and health care policy. Can Public Palicy/Analyse de Politiques 1998;24(1):1-25.
13. Gordon D, Shaw M, Dorling D, Davey Smith G (Eds.). Inequalities in Health: The Evidence. UK: Policy Press, 1999.
14. National Asthma Control Task Force. The Prevention and Management of Asthma in Canada. Health Canada, 2000.
15. Canadian Institute for Health Information, Canadian Lung Association, Health Canada, Statistics Canada (Eds.). Respiratory Disease in Canada. Ottawa: Health Canada, 2001.
16. Health Canada. Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Respiratory Disease Division. Childhood Asthma in Sentinel Health Units: Findings of the Student Lung Health Survey 1995-1996. Ottawa: Health Canada, 1998.
17. Hessel P, Sliwkanich T, Michaelchuk D, White H, Nguyen T. Asthma and limitation of activities in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. Can J Public Health 1996;87(6):397-400.
18. Krahn M, Berka C, Langlois P, Detsky A. Direct and indirect costs of asthma in Canada, 1990. CMAJ 1996;154(6):821-29.
19. Alberta Human Resources and Employment. Final Report: Evaluation of the Alberta Child Health Benefit. Edmonton: Government of Alberta, 2001.