Elderly people from ethnic minority groups often experience different barriers in accessing health services. Earlier studies on access usually focused on types and frequency but failed to address the predictors of service barriers. This study examined access barriers to health services faced by older Chinese immigrants in Canada. Factor analysis…

In light of U.S. health care reform, notes that myths and exaggerations abound about health care in the United States and Canada. Briefly examines assertions and facts about financing, waiting, rationing, government intrusiveness, physicians and consumer satisfaction, technology, choice, and quality as they relate to both systems. (NB)

This study examines the demographic and physical and mental health characteristics of social work clients among cancer patients in Canada as compared with nonusers of social work services, and factors that affect use of social work services among cancer patients. On the basis of data from two cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey, the…