HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Osteoporosis, Respiratory Disease, Food Security

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Healthcare quality and health: when discussing healthcare quality, we must discuss not just medical services. Individual choices and health behaviours - diet, smoking, physical activity, etc. Spending money to treat unhealthy individuals vs. investing in new community projects, initiatives, businesses. In most industrialized countries, proportion of health-care spending (relative to gdp) is rising. Does higher spending = better health outcomes: usa has highest spending and lowest life expectancy. What leads to better health outcomes: many factors outside the health-care system impact health (life expectancy and potential years of life lost) Income, education, occupation: physical, social, political environments, lifestyle factors, healthcare quality must consider these factors. Are canadians healthy: to answer this, the conference board of canada uses these performances measures, life expectancy, self-reported health status, premature mortality. Infant mortality: mortality due to, cancer, circulatory disease, respiratory disease, diabetes, diseases of musculoskeletal system, mental disorders, medical misadventures, canadas report card was graded to a low b, mostly cs and bs.

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