HE302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Canada Health Act, Choosing Wisely, Universal Health Care
Document Summary
List: martin, d. et al. (2018) canada"s universal health-care system: achieving its potential. Tommy douglas implemented universal healthcare public insurance in saskatchewan in 1947 and the. Canada health act outlines the terms and conditions to which all provincial and territorial plans must adhere in order to access federal funding for health care: portability, universality, accessibility, comprehensiveness, and public administration. Focus in on portability (residents keep coverage when travelling in canada). P/t have diverse mix of public programs: layer 3: completely private financed services, medicare: single payer financing of service delivery. Canadian version is the canadian agency for drugs and technologies in health (cadth), an intergovernmental body that provides evidence-informed funding recommendations as to which drugs and technologies should be publicly covered. Population ageing: higher rates of childbearing among indigenous and foreign-born canadian women than among the general population. Sdoh: health is determined more by social, cultural, economic, and gender-based determinants of health than by access to health-care services.
