health care services. However, little is known about factors that influence low-income people's decisions regarding health care service-use, which is important information for policy makers to consider as they explore new strategies and arrangements for funding, administering, and delivering health ...
If you are from BC and get your teeth cleaned in Alberta, your dental coverage limit will be the limit set for BC, meaning you could have to pay for the difference. It’s always best to check your extended health insurance policy documents to see exactly what it cov...
Data Repository, described previously,27-30 which includes vital statistics, prescription drug data, physician claims, hospitalizations, ED and outpatient visits, laboratory data, and health care costs for all Alberta residents enrolled in Alberta Health coverage from April 1, 1994, to March 31, ...
Immunization coverage for infants was over 90 percent in 2011. Bismarckian Health Insurance Germany’s system of national health insurance is based on Chancellor Otto von Bismarck’s plan, which introduced care for low-income workers financed through a social security system by employer and employee...
Perspectives of family physicians towards access to lung cancer screening for individuals living with low income – a qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract. 2021;22(1):1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01354-z. Article Google Scholar Horrill TC, Browne AJ, Stajduhar KI. Equity-...
In terms of content, survey instruments should ensure coverage of key topics. An explicit intersectional lens can be lacking in the collection, reporting and synthesis of the data provided by countries; this can illuminate the heterogeneity of migrant health and care workers, and how their social ...
A comparison of drug cov- erage in Alberta before and after the introduction of the National Common Drug Review process. Healthc Policy 2010;6:e117-44.Gamble JM, Eurich DT, Johnson JA. A comparison of drug coverage in Alberta before and after the introduction of the National Common Drug ...
Rebecca Gormley (British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS), Saara Greene (McMaster University), Danielle Groleau (McGill University), Charlotte Guerlotté (COCQ- SIDA), Trevor Hart (Ryerson University), Catherine Hankins (McGill University), Emily Heer (Alberta Health Services), Robert S...
The EPSDT program, as specified in Section 1905(r) of the SSA, provides a comprehensive array of treatment services for low-income individuals up to age 21. These services include preventive and diagnostic treatments designed to assure that children under age 21 receive early detection and care....
Both the healthcare and education sector suffer from considerable staff shortages. In the healthcare sector, shortages are particularly prominent for nurse