High-cost users of Ontario's healthcare services

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-51

  Rais, Saad ^a   Nazerian, Amir ^a   Ardal, Sten ^a,b,c   Chechulin, Yuriy ^a   Bains, Namrata ^a,d   Malikov, Kamil ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883721294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2013.23478     Document Type: Article

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