Washington, Ottawa, and health care reform: A tale of 2 capitals

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2078-2079

  Sessions, Samuel Y ^a   Detsky, Allan S ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952755827     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.654     Document Type: Note

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