Nursing Arts Module 2 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
CANADA HEALTH ACT 1984 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅this act amalgamated the
previous acts of the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (HIDSA) and Medical
Care Act and effectively banned extra billing and user fees. It added the principle of
accessibility to the principles of public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, and
portability.
PRINCIPLES OF THE CANADA HEALTH ACT - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Public
administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, Accessibility
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a public authority administers
and operates the plan on a nonprofit basis
COMPREHENSIVENESS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅covers all medically necessary
hospital and physician services
UNIVERSALITY - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅negates discrimination based on race,
religion, gender, income, or ethnicity
PORTABILITY - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅insured residents can access health care
services in another province or territory without cost or penalty
ACCESSIBILITY - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅essential health care services must be
available to all Canadians on the basis of need
ROLE OF THE PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE
ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅(1) develop and administer their own health care insurance plans; (2)
manage, finance, and plan insurable health care services and delivery; (3) determine
organization and location of hospitals or long-term care facilities, the mix of health care
providers employed in hospitals or health care facilities, and the amount of money dedicated
to health care services; (4) reimburse physician and hospital expenses, provide some
rehabilitation and long-term care services
, PRIMARY CARE - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅focuses on personal health issues rather
than health education, nutrition, and family planning
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅extends beyond PC to include
health education, proper nutrition, maternal and child health care, family planning,
immunizations, and control of locally endemic diseases
FOUR PILLARS OF PHC - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅TAIH *team *access *information
*healthy living
TEAM - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PHC requires a team of health care providers working
together, which improves access and coordination, reduces waiting times, and enhances
comprehensiveness of care
ACCESS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PHC strives to ensure better access and appropriate
services when and where they are needed by expediting entry into the health care system,
maximizing scopes of practice for health care providers, and reducing demands for care by
keeping patients healthier
INFORMATION - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PHC is about using technology to improve
efficiency and quality of sharing information between health care providers and Canadians
who use the health care system or seek health care advice. Tools and skills facilitate quality,
access, and coordination of information (e.g., telephone triage systems, Canada Health
Infoway)
HEALTHY LIVING - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PHC embraces strategies of prevention,
management of chronic illness, and self-care. It recognizes that factors outside the health care
system influence individual and community health. At the individual level, healthy living
means making positive choices; at a broader level, it addresses factors that influence people's
health and their ability to make healthy choices
HOSPITALS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅deliver acute care services for a short time
(usually days to weeks, typically less than 3 months) during which an immediate health
problem is diagnosed, treated, or both. Services may include emergency and diagnostic,
inpatient, surgical intervention, critical care, outpatient, and rehabilitation
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
CANADA HEALTH ACT 1984 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅this act amalgamated the
previous acts of the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (HIDSA) and Medical
Care Act and effectively banned extra billing and user fees. It added the principle of
accessibility to the principles of public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, and
portability.
PRINCIPLES OF THE CANADA HEALTH ACT - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Public
administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, Accessibility
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a public authority administers
and operates the plan on a nonprofit basis
COMPREHENSIVENESS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅covers all medically necessary
hospital and physician services
UNIVERSALITY - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅negates discrimination based on race,
religion, gender, income, or ethnicity
PORTABILITY - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅insured residents can access health care
services in another province or territory without cost or penalty
ACCESSIBILITY - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅essential health care services must be
available to all Canadians on the basis of need
ROLE OF THE PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE
ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅(1) develop and administer their own health care insurance plans; (2)
manage, finance, and plan insurable health care services and delivery; (3) determine
organization and location of hospitals or long-term care facilities, the mix of health care
providers employed in hospitals or health care facilities, and the amount of money dedicated
to health care services; (4) reimburse physician and hospital expenses, provide some
rehabilitation and long-term care services
, PRIMARY CARE - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅focuses on personal health issues rather
than health education, nutrition, and family planning
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅extends beyond PC to include
health education, proper nutrition, maternal and child health care, family planning,
immunizations, and control of locally endemic diseases
FOUR PILLARS OF PHC - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅TAIH *team *access *information
*healthy living
TEAM - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PHC requires a team of health care providers working
together, which improves access and coordination, reduces waiting times, and enhances
comprehensiveness of care
ACCESS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PHC strives to ensure better access and appropriate
services when and where they are needed by expediting entry into the health care system,
maximizing scopes of practice for health care providers, and reducing demands for care by
keeping patients healthier
INFORMATION - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PHC is about using technology to improve
efficiency and quality of sharing information between health care providers and Canadians
who use the health care system or seek health care advice. Tools and skills facilitate quality,
access, and coordination of information (e.g., telephone triage systems, Canada Health
Infoway)
HEALTHY LIVING - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PHC embraces strategies of prevention,
management of chronic illness, and self-care. It recognizes that factors outside the health care
system influence individual and community health. At the individual level, healthy living
means making positive choices; at a broader level, it addresses factors that influence people's
health and their ability to make healthy choices
HOSPITALS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅deliver acute care services for a short time
(usually days to weeks, typically less than 3 months) during which an immediate health
problem is diagnosed, treated, or both. Services may include emergency and diagnostic,
inpatient, surgical intervention, critical care, outpatient, and rehabilitation
