Health Care in Canada Is Rationed Primarily by

question 25

Multiple Choice

Health care in Canada is rationed primarily by

• A) making the cost to the consumer as inexpensive as possible.
• B) making the cost to the insurance company as inexpensive as possible.
• C) the government deciding not to play an active role in the healthcare market.
• D) delays in receiving care.
• E) encouraging doctors to set up private practices that compete against hospitals.

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Variation

The occurrence of an organism, trait, or gene in more than one form, leading to diversity within a population.

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p < .05

A statistical term indicating that the probability of the observed data, or more extreme, under the null hypothesis is less than 5%, suggesting the results are statistically significant.

Probability

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