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Growth in private payments for health care by Canadian households

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  • Law, Michael R.
  • Daw, Jamie R.
  • Cheng, Lucy
  • Morgan, Steven G.

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Despite first-dollar public coverage for hospital and physician services, Canadians spend more privately on health care than citizens of most other developed countries. We quantified recent growth in private payments by Canadian households for health care.

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  • Law, Michael R. & Daw, Jamie R. & Cheng, Lucy & Morgan, Steven G., 2013. "Growth in private payments for health care by Canadian households," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 110(2), pages 141-146.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:110:y:2013:i:2:p:141-146
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.01.014
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