ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - Canada Health Act, System On A Chip

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON 1B03
• Professor: Hannah Holmes

Document Summary

Population, health and health care ii: contemporary perspectives. Refers to the extent to which individuals and groups have access to the resources and services required to meet their needs and aspirations [economic, social, psychological] Components of well-being include necessities (food, shelter, health) non necessities. The georgrahic ex spatial contest of health [spatial patterns and processes of health and medical well- being] Delivery-provision of health care services [where to locate emergency centres/hospitals] Variations in mortality and morbidity [patterns and processes] observed at all geo scales. Good health, unlike real estate, is not a matter of location, location, location-ham spec. Who defined health as the absence of disease . More recently, health viewed as a composite of physical, socials and emotional well-being ex as a resource for everyday living (as necessity which affects our quality of life and liveability of our cites)