The global financial crisis and health equity: Early experiences from Canada

Globalization and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ruckert, Arne ^a   Labonté, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Austerity; Canada; Global financial crisis; Health equity; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; POLICY REFORM; PUBLIC SPENDING;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EQUITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; BUDGET; HEALTH DISPARITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA; TORONTO;

BUDGETS; CANADA; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84891528744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-2     Document Type: Article

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