Evaluation of the case mix and equity of age-sex adjusted primary care capitation payment models in Ontario, Canada
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Address: 1Health System Performance Research Network, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada and 2Centre for Research on Inner City Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada * Corresponding author
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMC Health Services Research
دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009