HLTH 305 - Final Exam Comprehensive
Questions and Verified Answers
(Complete Solutions) 2025
Which of the following statements best differentiates health policy from healthcare
policy? - Ans ✅-It encompasses a broader range
What describes how responsibility for health care is divided in Canada? - Ans ✅-The
federal government sets regulations and provinces administer their systems
A researcher adhering to the conflict model of policy is most likely to investigate... - Ans
✅-Whether COVID death rates are greater in for-profit long-term care homes
compared to non-profit long term care homes
Betty votes for politicians who promise to cut taxes and decrease the role of
government, how does she view society? - Ans ✅-Market model
Rollo votes for politicians who promise to increase government funding for health and
social services, how does he see society? - Ans ✅-Polis model
Sally and Charley are discussing whether or not alien lifeforms exist, what type of
conversation are they having? - Ans ✅-Ontological
Which domains does positivism differentiate from interpretivism? - Ans ✅-Ontology,
epistemology, methodology
Bella decides to conduct focus groups rather than one-on-one interviews, what decision
has she made? - Ans ✅-Methodological
Which social theory posits that a natural reality exists outside of human interpretation,
but that we cannot study it objectively? - Ans ✅-Post-positivism
Which of the following social theories is most focused on how people perceive their
experiences? - Ans ✅-Interpretivism
,What approach is most similar to pluralism - Ans ✅-Consensus theory
What does pluralism focus on? - Ans ✅-micro and macro levels
What is a predominant belief about policy change in Canada? - Ans ✅-Policy makers
neutrally mediate the demands of interest groups
What is true about Lechter and Easton's framework? - Ans ✅-Easton's is a flow chart
and Leichter's is a list
Which welfare state is most likely to institute a Universal Basic Income? - Ans ✅-Social
democratic
What group was most opposed to Obamacare's individual and employer mandates? -
Ans ✅-Neoliberal politicians
What is the goal of social democratic welfare states? - Ans ✅-Equality
What do liberal welfare state policies focus on? - Ans ✅-The basic needs of the most
marginalized groups
What describes the first Hall Commission report (1965) and the second Hall
Commission report (1979)? - Ans ✅-The first Hall Commission called for a publicly-
funded comprehensive health care system and the second recommended the
abolishment of extra billing and hospital user fees
What is Canada's health care system made up of? - Ans ✅-It is made up of 13
provinces /territorial systems
Federalism - Ans ✅-The division of legislative authority between a central or national
government and regional government
Saskatoon Agreement - Ans ✅-It allowed doctors to charge patients fees on top of
what the doctors received from the province
What demonstrates how the federal government provides funds to provinces and
territories for health care in Canada? - Ans ✅-Simone's parents send her $1000 per
month as long as she follows their rules when she spends it
What is not a key role of physicians in the health care system in Canada? - Ans ✅-
Managers responsible for hospital operations
Canada Health Transfer - Ans ✅-The name of the health care funding the federal
government provides to provinces and territories
, Which two reports are the most different in ideology? - Ans ✅-Mazankowski and
Romanow
What is not a form of user fee? - Ans ✅-Capitation
Which reform is unique to the Kirby report? - Ans ✅-Primary health care reform
Logic of medical savings account - Ans ✅-Consumers will have an incentive to limit
their consumption of health care services
Capitation - Ans ✅-A way to pay physicians
What province established an Indigenous community-directed agency and transferred
control of Indigenous health programming in 2013? - Ans ✅-British Columbia
Jordan's Principle requirement - Ans ✅-Indigenous children to receive care and
services even if governments are fighting over who should pay for them
Non-Insured Health Benefits program - Ans ✅-Supplementary health coverage for
Indigenous people that can be difficult to access
What best describes the relocation program in the film Indian Relocation" Elliott Lake -
Ans ✅-Patronizing and unsuccessful
What best describes a "status Indian" - Ans ✅-An Indigenous person recognized as
Indigenous by the government
UK health care system - Ans ✅-A national health service that is run by the government
A deductible - Ans ✅-Annual amount of money an insured person has to spend out of
pocket before their insurance coverage beings
A co-pay - Ans ✅-Fixed or percentage-based amount of money an insured person has
to pay per appointment or procedure
How are German physicians paid for outpatient services? - Ans ✅-On a fee-for-service
basis by sickness funds
Medicaid program in the US - Ans ✅-A single-payer system for eligible low-income
people where the government is the insurer
Germany's health care system - Ans ✅-A social insurance funding system where
individuals and employers contribute to a designated health insurance fund
Questions and Verified Answers
(Complete Solutions) 2025
Which of the following statements best differentiates health policy from healthcare
policy? - Ans ✅-It encompasses a broader range
What describes how responsibility for health care is divided in Canada? - Ans ✅-The
federal government sets regulations and provinces administer their systems
A researcher adhering to the conflict model of policy is most likely to investigate... - Ans
✅-Whether COVID death rates are greater in for-profit long-term care homes
compared to non-profit long term care homes
Betty votes for politicians who promise to cut taxes and decrease the role of
government, how does she view society? - Ans ✅-Market model
Rollo votes for politicians who promise to increase government funding for health and
social services, how does he see society? - Ans ✅-Polis model
Sally and Charley are discussing whether or not alien lifeforms exist, what type of
conversation are they having? - Ans ✅-Ontological
Which domains does positivism differentiate from interpretivism? - Ans ✅-Ontology,
epistemology, methodology
Bella decides to conduct focus groups rather than one-on-one interviews, what decision
has she made? - Ans ✅-Methodological
Which social theory posits that a natural reality exists outside of human interpretation,
but that we cannot study it objectively? - Ans ✅-Post-positivism
Which of the following social theories is most focused on how people perceive their
experiences? - Ans ✅-Interpretivism
,What approach is most similar to pluralism - Ans ✅-Consensus theory
What does pluralism focus on? - Ans ✅-micro and macro levels
What is a predominant belief about policy change in Canada? - Ans ✅-Policy makers
neutrally mediate the demands of interest groups
What is true about Lechter and Easton's framework? - Ans ✅-Easton's is a flow chart
and Leichter's is a list
Which welfare state is most likely to institute a Universal Basic Income? - Ans ✅-Social
democratic
What group was most opposed to Obamacare's individual and employer mandates? -
Ans ✅-Neoliberal politicians
What is the goal of social democratic welfare states? - Ans ✅-Equality
What do liberal welfare state policies focus on? - Ans ✅-The basic needs of the most
marginalized groups
What describes the first Hall Commission report (1965) and the second Hall
Commission report (1979)? - Ans ✅-The first Hall Commission called for a publicly-
funded comprehensive health care system and the second recommended the
abolishment of extra billing and hospital user fees
What is Canada's health care system made up of? - Ans ✅-It is made up of 13
provinces /territorial systems
Federalism - Ans ✅-The division of legislative authority between a central or national
government and regional government
Saskatoon Agreement - Ans ✅-It allowed doctors to charge patients fees on top of
what the doctors received from the province
What demonstrates how the federal government provides funds to provinces and
territories for health care in Canada? - Ans ✅-Simone's parents send her $1000 per
month as long as she follows their rules when she spends it
What is not a key role of physicians in the health care system in Canada? - Ans ✅-
Managers responsible for hospital operations
Canada Health Transfer - Ans ✅-The name of the health care funding the federal
government provides to provinces and territories
, Which two reports are the most different in ideology? - Ans ✅-Mazankowski and
Romanow
What is not a form of user fee? - Ans ✅-Capitation
Which reform is unique to the Kirby report? - Ans ✅-Primary health care reform
Logic of medical savings account - Ans ✅-Consumers will have an incentive to limit
their consumption of health care services
Capitation - Ans ✅-A way to pay physicians
What province established an Indigenous community-directed agency and transferred
control of Indigenous health programming in 2013? - Ans ✅-British Columbia
Jordan's Principle requirement - Ans ✅-Indigenous children to receive care and
services even if governments are fighting over who should pay for them
Non-Insured Health Benefits program - Ans ✅-Supplementary health coverage for
Indigenous people that can be difficult to access
What best describes the relocation program in the film Indian Relocation" Elliott Lake -
Ans ✅-Patronizing and unsuccessful
What best describes a "status Indian" - Ans ✅-An Indigenous person recognized as
Indigenous by the government
UK health care system - Ans ✅-A national health service that is run by the government
A deductible - Ans ✅-Annual amount of money an insured person has to spend out of
pocket before their insurance coverage beings
A co-pay - Ans ✅-Fixed or percentage-based amount of money an insured person has
to pay per appointment or procedure
How are German physicians paid for outpatient services? - Ans ✅-On a fee-for-service
basis by sickness funds
Medicaid program in the US - Ans ✅-A single-payer system for eligible low-income
people where the government is the insurer
Germany's health care system - Ans ✅-A social insurance funding system where
individuals and employers contribute to a designated health insurance fund
