Broadening the base of publicly funded health care

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Dhalla, Irfan A ^a,b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^c   Stabile, Mark ^b,d   Bayoumi, Ahmed M ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CANADA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INSURANCE; TAX;

EID: 79952851933     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100999     Document Type: Article

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