Unmet health care needs
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- Mandatory HIV testing. Kondro, Wayne // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;1/10/2012, Vol. 184 Issue 1, pE14
The article reports on the result of the survey which shows that financial constraints prevent chronically-ill Canadians from filing prescriptions or consulting a physician.
- Transforming care for chronic health conditions. Legault, Timothy // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;2/8/2011, Vol. 183 Issue 2, pE93
The article discusses the report by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences to transform health care system for Canadians with chronic health conditions. It mentions that the academy urges the health care system to provide funding for chronic care services, equal access to medications, and...
- News @ a glance. Kondro, Wayne // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;1/1/2008, Vol. 178 Issue 1, p20
The article offers information on Canada's alloted budget for its military personnels. According to Auditor-General of Canada Sheila Fraser, the average cost of the provided health care for each of Canada's 63,500 military personnel amounts to $8600 annually, nearly double the average costs of...
- Dementia strategy urged. Kondro, Wayne // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;2/23/2010 Supplement, Vol. 182, pE169
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- Bringing palliative care to the homeless. Collier, Roger // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;4/5/2011, Vol. 183 Issue 6, pE317
The article focuses on the palliative care program in Canada, which provides quality health care to homeless Canadians. It says that practicing the program is challenging because homeless people do not like to use the program and think that they will be maltreated by the hospital staff. It...
- Canadian Health Care and the State. A Century of Evolution (Book). Heitlinger, Alena // Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology;Feb94, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p91
Reviews the book "Canadian Health Care and the State: A Century of Evolution," edited by C. David Naylor.
- Not poles apart. Godber, George // British Medical Journal;3/11/1978, Vol. 1 Issue 6113, p641
Reviews the book 'The Canadian Health System,' by Lee Soderstrom.
- FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THE "MONDAY EFFECT" IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Campolieti, Michele; Hyatt, Douglas E. // Industrial & Labor Relations Review;Apr2006, Vol. 59 Issue 3, p438
An analysis of data from the Workers' Compensation Board of Ontario reveals evidence of a "Monday effect"--more workers' compensation claims on Mondays than on other days, especially for back injuries and sprains/strains--similar in magnitude to that found in U.S. studies. Because Canadians,...
- Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care (updated 2008). Lindsay, Patrice; Bayley, Mark; Hellings, Chelsea; Hill, Michael; Woodbury, Elizabeth; Phillips, Stephen // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;Stroke Supplement, pS1
The article provides information on the 2008 updated version of the Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care, the guideline for stroke prevention and treatment in Canada. It says that the development of the approach was funded on the entirety of the Canadian Stroke Strategy, a...
