Population aging and the determinants of healthcare expenditures: The case of hospital, medical and pharmaceutical care in British Columbia, 1996 to 2006

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-79

  Morgan, Steven ^a   Cunningham, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE;

EID: 80052283474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2011.22525     Document Type: Article

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