HS 3400 Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions
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
, HS 3400 Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions
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
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
Portability - (ANSWER)Requires certain coverage for insured residents when temporarily out of province,
and specifies the waiting period before a resident moving to a new province/territory is eligible for
insured health services (can't exceed 3 months)
Public Administration - (ANSWER)Provincial insurance plans must be administered and operated on a
non-profit basis by a public authority (e.g., OHIP - Ontario Health Insurance Plan)
Medicare - (ANSWER)All the conditions in the Canada Health Act taken together = Universal health
coverage/care
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
, HS 3400 Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions
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
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
Portability - (ANSWER)Requires certain coverage for insured residents when temporarily out of province,
and specifies the waiting period before a resident moving to a new province/territory is eligible for
insured health services (can't exceed 3 months)
Public Administration - (ANSWER)Provincial insurance plans must be administered and operated on a
non-profit basis by a public authority (e.g., OHIP - Ontario Health Insurance Plan)
Medicare - (ANSWER)All the conditions in the Canada Health Act taken together = Universal health
coverage/care
