Evaluation of the case mix and equity of age-sex adjusted primary care capitation payment models in Ontario, Canada

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  • Lyn M Sibley
  • Richard H Glazier
چکیده

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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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMC Health Services Research

دوره 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009