HLTB16H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canada Health Act, Canada Health Transfer, Canada Social Transfer
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Healthcare systems: complex organization comprising regulatory, funding & service. How do we understand health systems: need to distinguish dif b/w, how we pay for care (financing, how do we deliver care (delivery, also need to consider: Funding mechanisms used & inherent incentives/disincentives associated w/ them (allocation) Funding & deliver of hc systems: us spends most on hc. History of canada"s health systems: 1867: constitution act (hc under provinces jurisdiction, 1947: tommy douglas introduces saskatchewan"s hospital insurance. Lec 04 history of canada"s health system : readings on exam, lecture def on exam*** focus on lecs esp. The great reform: hospital insurance to medical insurance: strike widely condemned. Unpopular w the public: negotiations: docs autonomy & control over medical decision making preserved, july 24, doc strike ends, cma continues to lobby feds. Seek care anywhere in canada, but some provinces have ways of breaking law: accessibility. Access very debated term b/c difficult to define.
