Avoidable mortality by neighbourhood income in Canada: 25 Years after the establishment of universal health insurance

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-296

  James, Paul D ^b   Wilkins, Russell ^c   Detsky, Allan S ^d   Tugwell, Peter ^b   Manuel, Douglas G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; DEATH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947628601     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.047092     Document Type: Article

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