Canadian health reform: A gender analysis

Feminist Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-141

  Forget, Evelyn L ^a   Deber, Raisa B ^b   Roos, Leslie L ^a   Walld, Randy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; First dollar coverage; Health and administration data; Healthcare costs; Population health; Single payer; Social wage; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244406274     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354570042000332579     Document Type: Article

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