in an effort to determine how lower health care expenditures in canada as compared with the united states translate into actual hospital services received , we examined discharge rates , lengths of stay , and the case-mix index ( calculated from diagnosis-related group weights ) for those 65 years of age and older hospitalized with cardiovascular disease in the united states and two canadian provinces , manitoba and ontario , in 1981 and 1985 .
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canada
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manitoba