The mirage of universality: Canada's failure to act on social policy and health care.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  Right diagnosis, wrong interventions.2020

Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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