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. 2002 Jul 9;167(1):36-8.

Solving the public health care sustainability puzzle

Gordon Guyatt¹, Armine Yalnizyan, P J Devereaux

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PMID: 12137075
PMCID: PMC116637

Solving the public health care sustainability puzzle

Gordon Guyatt et al. CMAJ. 2002.

. 2002 Jul 9;167(1):36-8.

Authors

Gordon Guyatt¹, Armine Yalnizyan, P J Devereaux

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¹ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. guyatt@mcmaster.ca

PMID: 12137075
PMCID: PMC116637

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None — Fig. 1: Public sector spending (by federal and provincial governments) and total spending (including private insurance, employee benefit packages and nonreimbursed private expenditure by individuals) on health care in Canada, 1992–2001. GDP = gross domestic product.

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