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Editorial
. 2024 Aug;19(4):6-18.
doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27379.

Spending on Healthcare: What Is the Right Number?

Fiona Clement  1 , Jason M Sutherland  2
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Editorial

Spending on Healthcare: What Is the Right Number?

Fiona Clement et al. Healthc Policy. 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Healthcare is canada's favourite punching bag. Admittedly, Canadian healthcare has many problems and, sometimes, it feels as though the system cannot get anything right. But is all the criticism fair?

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