title: The Check-Off: A precursor of medicare in Canada?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Chryssa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McAlister
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Twohig
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003032:Coal Mining / Q000266:history*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000266:history; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000266:history