Nursing NUR403 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Public Administration, Health Care In Canada
10 May 2016
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The recommendations outlined in this report are consistent with recommendations of past national commissions in canada. They are also consistent with the core principles of. And, although the canadian health care system can and should perform better, canadians still strongly support the core principles of medicare for sound moral and economic reasons. Applied to pharmacare, these principles would be as follows: Universality: no resident is denied coverage because of age, income, or any other factor unrelated to his or her medical need for covered medicines. Accessibility: all residents are able to access covered medicines without financial barriers. Comprehensiveness: the program covers as many medicines as can be afforded and justified by available evidence concerning health and economic impacts of coverage. Public administration: the organization responsible for managing the national formulary and related pricing and supply contracts is a publicly accountable not-for-pro t body.
