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A Canadian peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research
July 2017
Hospitalization rates among economic immigrants to Canada
by Edward Ng, Claudia Sanmartin and Douglas G. Manuel
Health research recognizes that immigrants to Canada are not a homogeneous group and has revealed differences in outcomes by characteristics such as place of origin and period of arrival. Owing to a lack of data, few studies have focused on health outcomes by immigrant category (family class, refugees, economic class), although it is an important dimension of immigrant research. Family class immigrants and refugees are admitted for reunification and compassionate reasons. Economic class immigrants are selected based on a point system designed to assess their skills and potential contribution to the economy.
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Acute care hospitalization of Aboriginal children and youth
by Anne Guèvremont, Gisèle Carrière, Evelyne Bougie and Dafna Kohen
Research has shown less favourable health outcomes for Aboriginal children and youth compared with their non-Aboriginal contemporaries. Analyses of provincial administrative data have also found higher rates of hospitalization for young Aboriginal people. Two studies reported an elevated rate of hospitalization for injury (intentional and unintentional) among children in areas with higher percentages of Aboriginal residents for all of Canada (excluding Quebec). However, geographic approaches tend to underestimate hospitalizations among subpopulations.
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