Journal article
A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Differences in medical care in the United States compared with Canada, including greater reliance on private funding and for-profit delivery, as well as markedly higher expenditures, may result in different health outcomes.
OBJECTIVES: To systematically review studies comparing health outcomes in the United States and Canada among patients treated for similar underlying medical conditions.
Authors
Guyatt GH; Devereaux P; Lexchin J; Stone SB; Yalnizyan A; Himmelstein D; Woolhandler S; Zhou Q; Goldsmith LJ; Cook DJ
Journal
Open Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. e27–e36
ISSN
1911-2092