HS 3400 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Why study health policy? - ANSWER-You realize something is wrong with the
healthcare system and want to change it
Health policy examples - ANSWER-Legalization of recreational cannabis, pharmacare,
mandatory vaccination, aboriginal health
Policy Processes and Policy-Making examples - ANSWER-How are laws introduced
and passed? How do policies change? How is health governed?
Policy - ANSWER-Broad statement of goals, objectives and means that create the
framework for activity. Often takes the form of explicit written documents, but may also
be implicit or unwritten; decisions taken by those with responsibility for a given policy
area
Public Policy - ANSWER-Courses of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to
address a given problem; anything a government chooses to do or not to do
Health Policy - ANSWER-Courses of action (and inaction) that affect the set of
institutions, organizations, services and funding arrangements of the health and health
care system; policies that have to do with health, created by health agencies
organizations; can be both public and private
Healthy Public Policy - ANSWER-Public policies (i.e., policies outside of the health
sector) characterized by an explicit concern for health and equity in all areas of policy
and by an accountability for health impact
Program - ANSWER-Activity that organizes or delivers a service or goods to achieve a
policy's objectives
Politics - ANSWER-The art or science concerned with guiding or influencing
governmental policy
Laws - ANSWER-Enact public policy
Constitutional Act, 1867 - ANSWER-- Law passed by the British parliament that created
Canada, founded on Indigenous lands
- Specifies the responsibilities of the national (federal) government and the provinces
and territories
, Federalism - ANSWER-Divides authority among levels of government, and intentionally
restricts the powers of the central government
Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) - ANSWER-Government-run health insurance
plan for Ontario
Canada Health Act (1984) - ANSWER-In order for provinces and territories to receive
full cash and tax transfers from the federal government to fund health care, they must
comply with the terms of the Canada Health Act
Five conditions of Canada Health Act - ANSWER-Comprehensiveness
Universality
Accessibility
Portability
Public Administration
Policy Agenda - ANSWER-List of issues to which an organization, usually the
government, is giving serious attention at any one time with a view to taking some sort
of action
Agenda Setting - ANSWER-Process by which certain issues come onto the policy
agenda from the much larger number of issues potentially worthy of attention by policy
makers
"Focusing Events" - ANSWER-Sudden, relatively uncommon, can be reasonably
defined as "harmful" or revealing the possibility of potentially greater future harms
Policy Windows - ANSWER-Points in time when the opportunity arises for an issue to
come onto the policy agenda and be taken seriously with a view to action
Incrementalism - ANSWER-Policy change occurs, if it does at all, through a gradual
accumulation of small changes
Rational Model of Policy Making - ANSWER-
Problem Recognition & Problem Framing - ANSWER-Depends on decision-maker, how
one defines/frames a problem will impact whether it gets on the policy agenda, predicts
policy solutions
Comprehensiveness - ANSWER-Provincial insurance plans must insure (i.e., cover) all
"insured health services" provided by physicians or within hospitals
Universality - ANSWER-Provincial insurance plans must cover 100% of insured health
services for all insured persons under uniform terms and conditions
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Why study health policy? - ANSWER-You realize something is wrong with the
healthcare system and want to change it
Health policy examples - ANSWER-Legalization of recreational cannabis, pharmacare,
mandatory vaccination, aboriginal health
Policy Processes and Policy-Making examples - ANSWER-How are laws introduced
and passed? How do policies change? How is health governed?
Policy - ANSWER-Broad statement of goals, objectives and means that create the
framework for activity. Often takes the form of explicit written documents, but may also
be implicit or unwritten; decisions taken by those with responsibility for a given policy
area
Public Policy - ANSWER-Courses of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to
address a given problem; anything a government chooses to do or not to do
Health Policy - ANSWER-Courses of action (and inaction) that affect the set of
institutions, organizations, services and funding arrangements of the health and health
care system; policies that have to do with health, created by health agencies
organizations; can be both public and private
Healthy Public Policy - ANSWER-Public policies (i.e., policies outside of the health
sector) characterized by an explicit concern for health and equity in all areas of policy
and by an accountability for health impact
Program - ANSWER-Activity that organizes or delivers a service or goods to achieve a
policy's objectives
Politics - ANSWER-The art or science concerned with guiding or influencing
governmental policy
Laws - ANSWER-Enact public policy
Constitutional Act, 1867 - ANSWER-- Law passed by the British parliament that created
Canada, founded on Indigenous lands
- Specifies the responsibilities of the national (federal) government and the provinces
and territories
, Federalism - ANSWER-Divides authority among levels of government, and intentionally
restricts the powers of the central government
Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) - ANSWER-Government-run health insurance
plan for Ontario
Canada Health Act (1984) - ANSWER-In order for provinces and territories to receive
full cash and tax transfers from the federal government to fund health care, they must
comply with the terms of the Canada Health Act
Five conditions of Canada Health Act - ANSWER-Comprehensiveness
Universality
Accessibility
Portability
Public Administration
Policy Agenda - ANSWER-List of issues to which an organization, usually the
government, is giving serious attention at any one time with a view to taking some sort
of action
Agenda Setting - ANSWER-Process by which certain issues come onto the policy
agenda from the much larger number of issues potentially worthy of attention by policy
makers
"Focusing Events" - ANSWER-Sudden, relatively uncommon, can be reasonably
defined as "harmful" or revealing the possibility of potentially greater future harms
Policy Windows - ANSWER-Points in time when the opportunity arises for an issue to
come onto the policy agenda and be taken seriously with a view to action
Incrementalism - ANSWER-Policy change occurs, if it does at all, through a gradual
accumulation of small changes
Rational Model of Policy Making - ANSWER-
Problem Recognition & Problem Framing - ANSWER-Depends on decision-maker, how
one defines/frames a problem will impact whether it gets on the policy agenda, predicts
policy solutions
Comprehensiveness - ANSWER-Provincial insurance plans must insure (i.e., cover) all
"insured health services" provided by physicians or within hospitals
Universality - ANSWER-Provincial insurance plans must cover 100% of insured health
services for all insured persons under uniform terms and conditions
