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Birth defects occur in population in 3-5% of births. All those birth defects due to chromosomal errors, hundreds of those due to single genes and many of those due to unknown or multifactoral cause can be detected prenatally. However, it is not feasible to test all pregnancies for all of these...
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The major objective of this study was to examine the utilization of publicly funded palliative care services in the Vancouver region by adult residents of Vancouver, in the one prior to their death. In particular the intent of this study was to: -determine the proportion of terminally ill...
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Health Boards (DHBs) in Sasakatchewan, Canada, was conducted. A model was proposed that identified components of social …
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Governments and private insurers in North America are becoming increasingly involved in providing coverage for prescription drugs. Although the catastrophic coverage provision under Medicare has been withdrawn, the inclusion of insurance for outpatient drugs in that legislation reflects the...
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"population health" is. We propose a lexicon for population health in the hope of clarifying issues and advancing this important …
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The purposes of this paper are three: First, we provide an overview of the reinbursement policy situation across the country, emphasizing common elements that have emerged since the earlier article, but also providing a more detailed description of current policy in a subset of provinces....
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This paper presents a summary of th 11th Annual Health Policy Conference, November 6, 1998, Vancouver, British Columbia. …
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This exposes issues about canada's public health insurance programs. …
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The purpose of this paper is to extend possibilities for housing and health research by drawing connections between …
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health boards in Canada is presented. A model is proposed that identifies individual-level components of social capital such …
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