PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Silversides, A.
TI  - Cost of health benefits becoming major business issue, conference told
DP  - 1996 Oct 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1175--1176
VI  - 155
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/8/1175.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/8/1175.full
SO  - CMAJ1996 Oct 15; 155
AB  - As governments attempt to off-load health care costs in an attempt to cut budgets, the bills are being passed to businesses that provide supplementary health care coverage. Business representatives attending a recent conference heard that employers experienced a 26% increase in the cost of providing supplementary health and dental benefits between 1990 and 1994.