HLTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Iatrogenesis, Health Care In Canada, Canada Social Transfer
27 Mar 2017
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The canada health act is federal legislation that puts in place conditions by which individual provinces and territories in canada may receive funding for health care services. This also applies to residents which leave the country: accessibility: all insured people have reasonable access to health care facilities. In addition, all physicians, hospitals, etc. must be provided reasonable compensation for the services they provide. A defining feature of canada is the publicly funded health care system which guarantees universal coverage for medically necessary services that are provided on the basis of need. Canada used to have the canada health and social transfer of block transfer patients: the federal government would give the provinces these transfers to address specific needs. Around 2005, this policy changed to the canada health transfer and the canada social transfer to ensure more transparency in money use. At the provincial level, ensured health care services refer to primary health care.
