Effect of provincial spending on social services and health care on health outcomes in Canada: an observational longitudinal study

CMAJ

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2018, Pages E66-E71

  Dutton, Daniel J ^a   Forest, Pierre Gerlier ^a   Kneebone, Ronald D ^a   Zwicker, Jennifer D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040765773     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.170132     Document Type: Article

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