An evaluation of access to health care services along the rural-urban continuum in Canada.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on January 31, 2011

Authors

Lyn M Sibley1, Jonathan P Weiner

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto ON M4N3M5, Canada. lyn.sibley@utoronto.ca

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