Reducing the cost of inequality

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 21 Jan 2018 English Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 190, pages E92-E92 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: Trevor, Hancock;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171508

pmid: 29358209

pmc: PMC5780275

Reducing the cost of inequality

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Abstract

![Figure][1] The health care system struggles daily to manage a large and growing burden of disease. It is the role of public health to reduce that burden, which is why investment in public health is so valuable. But public health is also committed to reducing health inequalities. There are,

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Canada, Life Expectancy, Income, Health Services, Indigenous, Humans, Health Care Costs, Healthcare Disparities, Poverty

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