This game plan was developed in the Generation Squeeze Lab at the University of British Columbia. The ideas included in it were developed, in part, with support from grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. Below is a short list of research literature that speaks to the ideas included in this game plan.

Dutton, D. J., et al. (2018). "Effect of provincial spending on social services and health care on health outcomes in Canada: an observational longitudinal study." Canadian Medical Association Journal 190(3): E66-71.

Kershaw, P. (2020). "A 'health in all policies' review of Canadian public finance." Canadian Journal of Public Health(111): 8-20.

Senate Subcomittee on Population Health (2009). A Healthy, Productive Canada:  A Determinant of Health Approach. Ottawa, ON, The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/Committee/402/popu/rep/rephealth1jun09-e.pdf

WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (2008) Closing the gap in a generation:  health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. 

Bradley, E. H., et al. (2016). "Variation in Health Outcomes: The role of spending on social services, public health, and health care, 2000-2009." Health Affairs 35(5): 760-768.

Bradley, E. H., et al. (2011). "Health and social services expenditures: associations with health outcomes." BMJ Qual Saf 20: 826-831.

Hood, C. M., et al. (2016). "County Health Rankings: Relationships between determinant factors and health outcomes." Am J Prev Med 50(2): 129-135.

Steuerle, C. E. and J. B. Isaacs (2014). "The Scheduled Squeeze on Children's Programs: Tracking the implications of projected federal spending patterns." Health Affairs 33(12): 2214-2221.

Watkins, J., et al. (2017). "Effects of health and social care spending constraints on mortality in England: a time trend analysis." BMJ Open 7: e017722.

Tran, L. D., et al. (2017). "Public health and the economy could be served by reallocating medical expenditures to social programs." SSM - Population Health 3: 185-191.

McCullough, J. C., et al. (2012). "A Health Dividend for America: The opportunity cost of excess medical expenditures." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 43(6): 650-654.