Impact of welfare cheque issue days on a service for those intoxicated in public

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Li, Xin ^a,b   Sun, Huiying ^b   Marsh, David C ^a,b,c,d   Anis, Aslam H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d Providence Health Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RANK SUM TEST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249687555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-4-12     Document Type: Article

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