Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Public Agenda, Canada Health Act, Primary Healthcare

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3400A/B
• Professor: Kathleen Gamble

Document Summary

Events from the 1960s to 200s shape and influence healthcare system and health policy issues. Universal healthcare - tommy douglas - 19060s o: royal commission - emmet hall - 1954 and 1980. Leading to idea of national standards and taking away users fees and anything else preventing people from getting health care. Sets our criteria or principles p must meet to get transfer. Public admin tells us that it is administered using public funds and not private: canada health act 1984 operations, economic crisis - 1990s. Some of the things we talked about. Changed financial relationship between province and federal government. It decreased amount of money it gave to p. We see major restructuring particular to hospitals. Lay offs: commissions and health accords - 2000s. All changes in 1990s show cracks in health care system. Wait times go up (hips and knew replacements, or to get heart surgery) Public concerned about ability to access primary care provides.