Health Sciences 4044A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Infant Mortality, Canada Health Transfer, Canada Health Act
31 Jan 2017
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Canada: variations on a common theme by deber et al. Canada faces health care challenges similar to all industrialized countries: Canada is a non-system of 10 provincial and 3 territorial health insurance plans which mandate publicly funded services, based on federal governance structure that gives power and autonomy to the provinces over matters of health and health care. Health care systems vary in how it is paid for (financing, how it is delivered (delivery) and how they money flows, including the incentives inherent in various payment systems (allocation) Private: corporate for-profit companies with fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders, non-for-profit organizations, private practices, etc. Although health delivery is private, most provinces have replaces their formerly independent hospital boards by quasi-public regional authorities. Federal government is directly responsible for: prisoners, first nations) Service financing and delivery of specific groups (military, federal. Major role is fiscal (canada health transfer via canada health act)
