HE302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: World Health Organization, Plaintext, Primary Healthcare
Document Summary
Sept 2000 the federal, provincial, and municipal first ministers agree to work together on primary healthcare agenda. Commission found two themes of interest for common canadian desire to develop primary healthcare: (1) continuity and co-ordination of health care and health services; and (2) action on individual and population health. By making primary health care the central point of our health care system, we can: Take immediate action to prevent illness and injury, and improve the health of all canadians; Reduce costly and inefficient repetition of tests and overlaps in care provided by different sectors and different providers; Replace unnecessary use of hospital, emergency, and costly medical treatments with comprehensive primary health care available to canadians. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; Break down the barriers between health care providers, facilities, and different sectors of the health care system and concentrate on the common goal of improving health and health care for canadians.
