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A Canadian peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research
May 2014
Self-reported financial barriers to care among patients with cardiovascular-related chronic conditions
by David J.T. Campbell, Kathryn King-Shier, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Claudia Sanmartin, Paul E. Ronksley, Robert G. Weaver, Marcello Tonelli, Deidre Hennessy and Braden J. Manns
Even in a system with universal health care, financial barriers may reduce access to medical care and can affect health outcomes. Because many provincial health insurance plans do not cover prescription drugs for all citizens, some patients may not obtain indicated medications. Even those with drug coverage may still bear financial burdens, such as copayments and deductibles.
Are the fittest Canadian adults the healthiest?
by Jonathon Fowles, Joel Roy, Janine Clarke and Shilpa Dogra
The link between fitness and disease and disability is well established. Accordingly, fitness assessments are used to estimate health risk in the general population. Although such assessments are typically less strenuous than those employed to ascertain performance-related fitness, the results allow for an individual's fitness level to be placed in categories such as poor, fair, good, very good or excellent. It is generally assumed that people in the highest fitness categories are the healthiest.
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