HLTA02H3 : study guide
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98% in nova scotia and 100% in manitoba: cataract surgery 83% ppl received it on time. 48% in alberta and 98% in new brunswick: better wait times reported for hip replacement than knees (hip>knee) 98% of patients receive within clinically recommended time regardless of where they live: longer wait time for mr i than ct scans. In ontario, there is increasing access to certain cancer drugs: policy change in ontario comes after 35 year old woman fighting to get a certain drug herceptin. Insurance only paid for the drug when tumour for breast cancer was only 1 cm whereas hers was cm. Now one can access drug coverage even if tumour is smaller than 0. 5 cm. Fed government does not want to sponsor the t rial until scientific evidence is provided. zamboni"s treatment includes liberating the veins in the neck, Sinai gave a bipolar patient insulin through inhaler. great improvements: correlation between obesity, diabetes, and depression.
