Correction: The Cost and Impact of the Interim Federal Health Program Cuts on Child Refugees in Canada
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Citation: The PLOS ONE Staff (2014) Correction: The Cost and Impact of the Interim Federal Health Program Cuts on Child Refugees in Canada. PLoS ONE 9(8): e106198. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106198 Published August 19, 2014 Copyright: 2014 The PLOS ONE Staff. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Table 2. Emergency room and admission bills for refugee children to the Hospital for Sick Children 6 months before and 6 months after IFHP changes.
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The Cost and Impact of the Interim Federal Health Program Cuts on Child Refugees in Canada
INTRODUCTION On June 30, 2012, Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) funding was cut for refugee claimant healthcare. The potential financial and healthcare impacts of these cuts on refugee claimants are unknown. METHODS We conducted a one-year retrospective chart review spanning 6 months before and after IFHP funding cuts at The Hospital for Sick Children, a tertiary care children's hospital...
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