HLTH245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canada Health Act, Universal Health Care, Big Country
22 Jan 2018
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Lecture 1: context and history of health care in canada. Summary: describe geographical and socio-demographic factors that impact the canadian health care system. Explain the evolution of the canadian health care system from the confederation to the canada health act and beyond: examine the canada health act and its key features. ** do not need to memorize statistics (exceptions will be noted). However, it is expected that we understand the interpretation of the statistics, and the general order of events. Geography & socio-demography: canada is a large country. It is harder to get resources to those who live more remotely (up north). Population growth: natural increase (1/3 of growth) the difference between the number of births, migratory increase (2/3 of growth) the difference between the immigrants and deaths in canada. and emigrants. Age distribution: for the first time in census history, the share of senior"s aged (cid:888)(cid:887)+ exceeds the share of children less than 1(cid:887) years but not everyw(ere.
