HINF 265 MIDTERM 1 STUDY QUESTIONS
Direct - Answers :To the individual consumer, intervention based
Indirect - Answers :Environmental Health, Licensing
Facilitative - Answers :Structural, legislative, policy, planning, funding, evaluation
Canada Health Act - Answers :Sets out the primary objective for Canadian health care
policy
Public Administration - Answers :Administered on a non profit basis
Comprehensive - Answers :Cover insured services provided by hospitals, physicians,
and dentists
Universality - Answers :All insured are entitled to health services
Portability - Answers :Residents moving from one to another province must be covered
by home province
Accessibility - Answers :Residents have reasonable access
Conditions - Answers :Info: provinces/territories shall provide info to the Minister of
Health as reasonably required. Recognition: provinces/territories shall recognize the
federal financial contributions towards insured and extended services
Extra Billing - Answers :Billing for an insured health service rendered to an insured
person by medical practitioner or dentist. Seen as a barrier or impediment to receiving
care. Discouraged, results in mandatory deduction from federal cash transfers,
determined by Minister of Health
User Charges - Answers :Any charge for an insured health service other than extra
billing that is permitted by provinces/territories health insurance plan and is not payable
by the plan. Example is private room in hospital
Excluded Services - Answers :Services that fall outside the definition of insured health
services. Certain services and group of persons are excluded from the definition of
insured services and insured persons
Non Insured Health Services - Answers :Provinces provide a range of programs and
services outside the health act. Provided at provinces/territories discretion, on their own
terms/conditions, vary from provinces/territories. Additional services include
pharmaceuticals, ambulance services, optometric services and products. Often target a
special population group (children, seniors, or social assistance recipients), may be
partially or fully covered by provinces/territories. Number of services not considered
, medically necessary (private hospital rooms, private duty nurses, television, telephone).
Examples of uninsured physician services include telephone advice, medical
certificates, testimony in court, cosmetic services.
Science and Technology - Answers :Less invasive surgeries: decrease in open wound
procedures. Diagnostic imaging: MRI, CT, PET. E-Health: improves quality of health
care. Impact: increased spending
Barriers to Access to Care - Answers :Costs, cultural differences, language barriers,
geographical distance, availability of resources
Factors that Determine Population Health - Answers :Low SES, where we live, support
from friends and family, choose to eat, level of activity, gender, biology and genetics
Tertiary Care - Answers :Special consultative care, usually on referral from primary or
secondary care physician
Super Tertiary Care - Answers :Extension of tertiary care using advance levels of
medicine which are highly specialized and not widely accessed. Examples are
experimental medicine, uncommon diagnostic or surgical procedures, trauma centres.
Complex Care - Answers :For people who require 24 hour supervision, personal nursing
care and/or treatment by skilled nursing staff. Provides higher level of personal
assistance than assisted living. Usually provided at a community care facility
Assisted Living - Answers :Residences offer housing, hospitality services and personal
assistance to adults who can live independently but require regular help with daily
activities. Residents must be able to direct their own care
Primary Care - Answers :Objective is to protect, maintain, or restore health. Usually first
point of contact a person has with the health system, where people receive care for
most of their everyday health needs. Includes prevention, diagnosis, treatment and
follow up of various health conditions including referrals to specialists and diagnostic
services such as lab tests or x rays. Typically led by family physicians and provided by
nurses, dieticians, mental health professionals, pharmacists, therapists. Examples are
advocacy, maternal health, health maintenance, counselling, chronic disease
management, assessment, referral, follow up
Secondary Care - Answers :Medical care provided by a physician who acts as a
consultant at the request of the primary care provider and includes diagnostic and
treatment services provided by medical specialists who generally do not have first
contact with patients (cardiologists, urologists, dermatologists), to develop a plan of care
for patient
Direct - Answers :To the individual consumer, intervention based
Indirect - Answers :Environmental Health, Licensing
Facilitative - Answers :Structural, legislative, policy, planning, funding, evaluation
Canada Health Act - Answers :Sets out the primary objective for Canadian health care
policy
Public Administration - Answers :Administered on a non profit basis
Comprehensive - Answers :Cover insured services provided by hospitals, physicians,
and dentists
Universality - Answers :All insured are entitled to health services
Portability - Answers :Residents moving from one to another province must be covered
by home province
Accessibility - Answers :Residents have reasonable access
Conditions - Answers :Info: provinces/territories shall provide info to the Minister of
Health as reasonably required. Recognition: provinces/territories shall recognize the
federal financial contributions towards insured and extended services
Extra Billing - Answers :Billing for an insured health service rendered to an insured
person by medical practitioner or dentist. Seen as a barrier or impediment to receiving
care. Discouraged, results in mandatory deduction from federal cash transfers,
determined by Minister of Health
User Charges - Answers :Any charge for an insured health service other than extra
billing that is permitted by provinces/territories health insurance plan and is not payable
by the plan. Example is private room in hospital
Excluded Services - Answers :Services that fall outside the definition of insured health
services. Certain services and group of persons are excluded from the definition of
insured services and insured persons
Non Insured Health Services - Answers :Provinces provide a range of programs and
services outside the health act. Provided at provinces/territories discretion, on their own
terms/conditions, vary from provinces/territories. Additional services include
pharmaceuticals, ambulance services, optometric services and products. Often target a
special population group (children, seniors, or social assistance recipients), may be
partially or fully covered by provinces/territories. Number of services not considered
, medically necessary (private hospital rooms, private duty nurses, television, telephone).
Examples of uninsured physician services include telephone advice, medical
certificates, testimony in court, cosmetic services.
Science and Technology - Answers :Less invasive surgeries: decrease in open wound
procedures. Diagnostic imaging: MRI, CT, PET. E-Health: improves quality of health
care. Impact: increased spending
Barriers to Access to Care - Answers :Costs, cultural differences, language barriers,
geographical distance, availability of resources
Factors that Determine Population Health - Answers :Low SES, where we live, support
from friends and family, choose to eat, level of activity, gender, biology and genetics
Tertiary Care - Answers :Special consultative care, usually on referral from primary or
secondary care physician
Super Tertiary Care - Answers :Extension of tertiary care using advance levels of
medicine which are highly specialized and not widely accessed. Examples are
experimental medicine, uncommon diagnostic or surgical procedures, trauma centres.
Complex Care - Answers :For people who require 24 hour supervision, personal nursing
care and/or treatment by skilled nursing staff. Provides higher level of personal
assistance than assisted living. Usually provided at a community care facility
Assisted Living - Answers :Residences offer housing, hospitality services and personal
assistance to adults who can live independently but require regular help with daily
activities. Residents must be able to direct their own care
Primary Care - Answers :Objective is to protect, maintain, or restore health. Usually first
point of contact a person has with the health system, where people receive care for
most of their everyday health needs. Includes prevention, diagnosis, treatment and
follow up of various health conditions including referrals to specialists and diagnostic
services such as lab tests or x rays. Typically led by family physicians and provided by
nurses, dieticians, mental health professionals, pharmacists, therapists. Examples are
advocacy, maternal health, health maintenance, counselling, chronic disease
management, assessment, referral, follow up
Secondary Care - Answers :Medical care provided by a physician who acts as a
consultant at the request of the primary care provider and includes diagnostic and
treatment services provided by medical specialists who generally do not have first
contact with patients (cardiologists, urologists, dermatologists), to develop a plan of care
for patient
