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Health care use among gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians
Creator: Statistics Canada
Geography: North America, Canada
Categories: Minority Health
Tags: health care, health care access, health care services, health care utilization, health status, mammograms, mental health, physicians
Date: 2008
URL: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2008001/article/10532-eng.pdf
Annotation:
PDF, 13 pages.
“This article examines whether consultations with health care providers, not having a regular doctor, unmet health care needs, and receipt of preventive screening tests vary by sexual identity for Canadians aged 18 to 59. Results are based on the Canadian Community Health Survey, combined 2003 and 2005 data.”