Nursing 4440A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Millennium Development Goals, Plos Medicine, Resource Depletion
16 Dec 2016
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The purpose of this analysis is to show how canada"s health outcomes measure up internationally. The organization for economic co-operation and development good source for international healthcare data. Committed to improving economic and social well-being globally. So we can look to leading countries as examples in healthcare. Four dimensions in oecd"s framework: health status, non medical determinants of. Performs well on stroke mortality (i. e. low mortality rate) Performs poorly on lung cancer mortality (i. e. high mortality rate compared to peer countries), infant mortality, and diabetes prevalence. Performs well in youth & adult behaviours (e. g. smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity) Performs well in cataract and joint replacement surgery wait times. Performs poorly in income equality in dental visits. Performs well in avoidable admissions, breast cancer screening/survival. Performs poorly in patient experience measures, and several indicators of patient safety, e. g. obstetric trauma and foreign bodies left.
