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The arithmetic of health care

Janice C. MacKinnon
CMAJ September 14, 2004 171 (6) 603-604; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041224
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vol. 171 no. 6 603-604
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041224
PubMed 
15367464
History 
  • Published online September 13, 2004.
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  1. Janice C. MacKinnon
  1. Janice MacKinnon is a professor of public policy at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. She was Saskatchewan finance minister in the Romanow government and is the author of Minding the Public Purse: The Fiscal Crisis, Political Trade-offs and Canada's Future. This article is based on a study published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy (www.irpp.org).

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