Growth in private payments for health care by Canadian households

Health Policy

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 141-146

  Law, Michael R ^a   Daw, Jamie R ^a   Cheng, Lucy ^a   Morgan, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental; Fees; Fees and charges; Health expenditures; Medical; Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL FEE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876145066     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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