HLSC 2P21 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: New Public Management, Health Care In Canada
30 Oct 2016
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Chapter 3: development of the canadian health care system notes. The canadian health care system constitutes the largest social service sector in the country. Health care is now the second largest industry after trade. 1960s health care was a private system, had to pay. Accessibility: one principle of canadian medicare - provinces must provide reasonable access to health care services regardless of geographic location or financial needs. Capitation: payment of a set annual flat fee per patient to a physician for providing all necessary health care. Comprehensiveness: canadian medicare - all services defined as medically necessary will be provided in hospital or by physicians. Extra-billing: additional fees charged on top of what was reimbursed by the province for health care services. Fee-for-service: the payment of a set fee per person health care service provided by a physician. New public management- a model of managing health care - ideal model - increasing competition - costs are reduced, efficiency increased.
