TORONTO — Refugee children and youth do not place substantial demands on the health\u002Dcare system in Ontario when compared with their Canadian\u002Dborn peers, new…
A study led by SickKids hospital in Toronto and non-profit research institute ICES compared 23,287 resettled refugees to 93,148 Ontario-born children and youth aged under 17 from 2008 to 2018.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“We don’t know enough about how the private and blended models meet the health-care needs of resettled refugees, compared to the government-assisted refugee program,” lead author Dr. Natasha Saunders wrote in a statement. Canada’s Government Assisted Refugees program provides all funding, support and connections to refugee resettlement services, largely through service provider organizations.Article content
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