HSS1101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 47 pages long!)

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The ability to maintain a balance in everyday to be at your optimal performance. Can you live with disease or illness and still be healthy; yes. Public administration: all administration of provincial health insurance must be carried out by a public authority on a non-profit basis. They also must be accountable to the province or territory, and their records and accounts are subject to audits. Comprehensiveness: all necessary health services, including hospitals, physicians and surgical dentists, must be insured. Universality: all insured residents are entitled to the same level of health care. Portability: a resident that moves to a different province or territory is still entitled to coverage from their home province during a minimum waiting period. This also applies to residents which leave the country. Accessibility: access means services are available to you, it does not take into account the time it takes to access the service. Factors that combine together to affect the health of individuals.