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| W J MillarSummaryAffiliation: Statistics Canada Country: Canada Publications
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Use of alternative health care practitioners by CanadiansW J Millar
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Can J Public Health 88:154-8. 1997..The inclusion of any alternative practitioner services under existing health care plans could result in higher health care costs...
Patterns of use--alternative health care practitionersW J Millar
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
Health Rep 13:9-21. 2001..This article examines consultations with alternative practitioners and the characteristics of people who use such care...
Dental insurance and use of dental servicesW J Millar
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa K1A 0T6
Health Rep 11:55-67(Eng); 59-72(Fre). 1999..This article examines socioeconomic differences in insurance for dental services among Canadians aged 15 or older and factors associated with the use of dental services...
Older drivers--a complex public health issueW J Millar
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Health Rep 11:59-71(Eng); 67-82(Fre). 1999..This article provides estimates of the percentage of seniors who are licensed to operate a motor vehicle. It describes the health characteristics of these license holders and reviews research relating to older drivers...
Disparities in prescription drug insurance coverageW J Millar
Health Statistics Division at Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Health Rep 10:11-31(ENG); 9-30(FRE). 1999..This article examines socioeconomic differences in supplementary insurance for prescription drugs among Canadians aged 15 or older and how the availability of such insurance affects prescription drug use...
Hysterectomy, 1981/82 to 1996/97W J Millar
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
Health Rep 12:9-22. 2001..This article examines national and provincial trends in hysterectomies from 1981/82 to 1996/97 among women aged 35 or older...
A perspective on Canadian teenage births, 1992-94: older men and younger women?W J Millar
Health and Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Can J Public Health 88:333-6. 1997....
Maternal education and risk factors for small-for-gestational-age birthsW J Millar
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Health Rep 10:43-51 (Eng); 47-56 (Fre). 1998..This article examines the association between maternal education, smoking and other risk factors and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births...
Childhood asthmaW J Millar
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Health Rep 10:9-21 (ENG); 9-22 (FRE). 1998..This article describes trends in the prevalence of asthma among children aged 0 to 14 from 1978/79 to 1994/95, and in hospital separations for asthma from 1974/75 to 1994/95. It also examines factors associated with childhood asthma...
Health effects of physical activityJ Chen
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa K1A 0T6
Health Rep 11:21-30(Eng); 21-31(Fre). 1999..This article examines the potential protective effect of leisure-time physical activity on the incidence of heart disease and depression...
Birth outcome, the social environment and child healthJ Chen
Health Statistics Division at Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Health Rep 10:57-67(ENG); 59-71(FRE). 1999..This article examines the effects of birth outcome and selected social environmental factors on the health of young children...
Are recent cohorts healthier than their predecessors?J Chen
Health Statistics Division at Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Health Rep 11:9-23 (Eng); 9-26 (Fre). 2000..This article examines changes in the health status of Canadian adults between 1978/79 and 1996/97...
Starting and sustaining physical activityJ Chen
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
Health Rep 12:33-43. 2001..This article examines factors associated with starting or sustaining physical activity during leisure time...
Changes in children's hospital useC Connors
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Health Rep 11:9-19(Eng); 9-21(Fre). 1999..It focuses on four common causes of childhood hospitalization: asthma, chronic disease of tonsils and adenoids, fractures, and acute appendicitis...
Heart disease, family history and physical activityJ Chen
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
Health Rep 12:23-32. 2001..This article examines the association of family history of heart disease and leisure-time physical activity with incident heart disease...
