Even in Canada, wealth influences treatment: study

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Even in Canada, wealth influences treatment: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/even-canada-wealth-influences-treatment-study-185537183.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/81wyiZ6Tgnnflx8YC_DL3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-07T185537Z_1_CBRE9261GKS00_RTROPTP_2_CANADA-HOSPITAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="SAINTE JUSTINE HOSPITAL IN MONTREAL AFTER RECALLING 2614 PATIENTS." align="left" title="SAINTE JUSTINE HOSPITAL IN MONTREAL AFTER RECALLING 2614 PATIENTS." border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Poorer people have a harder time getting a doctor's appointment in Canada, a new study suggests - even though the country's universal health insurance pays doctors the same amount regardless of the type of patient they see. Researchers who called primary care practices pretending to be a bank employee or on welfare were 80 percent more likely to be offered an appointment when taking on the wealthier persona. &quot;We expected that we would find the result that we did, which was that there would be preferential treatment,&quot; said Dr. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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