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Arithmetic failure and the myth of the unsustainability of universal health insurance

François Béland
CMAJ July 03, 2007 177 (1) 54-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.060930
François Béland PhD
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vol. 177 no. 1 54-56
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.060930
PubMed 
17606941
History 
  • Published online July 2, 2007.
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© 2007 Canadian Medical Association

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  1. François Béland PhD
  1. François Béland is a Professeur Titulaire [full professor] in the Département d'administration de la santé [Department of Health Administration] and codirector of SOLIDAGE, the Université de Montréal–McGill University Research Group on Integrated Services for Older Persons, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Que.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. François Béland, Département d'administration de la santé, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal QC H3C 3J7; fax 514 343-2207; francois.beland{at}umontreal.ca

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