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The evolution of freestanding children's hospitals in Canada

Author(s) -

Antonia Stang,

Arvind Joshi

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

paediatrics and child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1918-1485

pISSN - 1205-7088

DOI - 10.1093/pch/11.8.501

Subject(s) - demographics , documentation , health care , family medicine , medicine , medical emergency , pediatrics , demography , political science , sociology , computer science , law , programming language

The purpose of the present article is to examine the evolution of freestanding children's hospitals in Canada over the past century. The results include documentation of the number of freestanding children's hospitals in Canada that have since closed, merged with other institutions or remained freestanding. Similar data are presented for the United States (US). Also included is an analysis of factors in the internal and external environment that contributed to the changing structure of children's hospitals.

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