HLSC 2P40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Adult Daycare Center, Chronic Condition, Health Promotion
6 Apr 2019
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Week 7 lecture 6: healthcare system in canada. What is hc: the support needed for people to maintain optimum health(novak 2006) Canada hc system: the medical and social services that . Canadian hc system: medical model, medical: treatment of disease and injury, social: alternatives for institutionalization, health promotion: promotion of self care and prevention of illness. Useful reference: cihi 2017 national health expenditures trends 1975-2017. Health expenditure in 2017(similar to page 172 exhibit 7,4: hospital and drugs and physicians cost more than half of all hc costs, health promotion: budget very small. History(167-168: 1957: national hospital insurance system, 1968: national insurance program for physician services, 1972: all provinces and territories joined, 1977: extended hc services program developed ltc, mostly nursing home care, 1986: canada health care act. Five principles of canada health act(1986: universal coverage, accessible without income barriers, portability among provinces, comprehensiveness in services(medically necessary, publicly administrated by non-profit agency.
