HTHSCI 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Health Care In Canada, Canada Health Act, Emmett Matthew Hall
26 Nov 2017
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Health care in canada: publicly financed, privately delivered, doctors not employed by the government. Federal responsibility: establish the rules which health, finance health care, rcmp, indigenous, inmates in federal prisons, veterans, visiting diplomats (people from other countries) Provincial responsibility: managing and delivering health services. Determinants of health: 1974 lalonde report the white paper , a new perspective on the health of canadians: a questioning of the efficacy of medical. Interventions: government was spending enormous amounts of money on health care. Where does the money come from: taxes. Annual report: canada health act annual report, full examination of each province and their compliance to the cha, typically penalized because of extra-billing issues or queue jumping. Benefits: health status life expectancy 82. 2 infant mortality 4. 3 per 1000 live births, economic, we are healthier, live longer, better for businesses and things as a whole. Weaknesses: medical dominance, home care, health maintenance/promotion.
