Health Policy 3400 Final Exam Review
Questions And Complete Answers
What are the 4 parts of the health policy triangle - answer context, content, process,
actors
Agency - answer power or capacity of actors to act independently and to make their
own free choices
context - answer systemic factors which may have an effect on health policy
situational factors - answer transient (impermanent) conditions which may influence
policy (focusing events)
structural factors - answer unchanging elements of society (politics, opportunity to
participate in decision-making, economic, demographics)
cultural factors - answer ability to question higher-ups, linguistic/cultural differences,
difficulties for women's health servcies, religion
international/exogenous factors - answer greater inter-dependence between states,
some health problems require coopeation
Stages heuristic - answer problem identification and issue recognition
- how are problems formed
- why on agenda
policy formulation
- who formulated the policy
- who decided and agreed on it
Policy Decision
- what decision was made
- consider doing nothing
- consider alternatives
policy implementation
,- how were objectives pursued
- how did they put it into action
Policy evaluation
- were objectives acheived
- unintended consequences
Mandate letters - answer to each of ministers envisioning what the prime minister sees
in the foreseeable future
public policy - answer a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to
address a given problem
healthy public policy - answer public policies outside of the health sector "characterised
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 concered with guiding or influencing governmental
policy, with evidence or ideological influences
federalism - answer divides authorities among levels of governemnt, and intentionally
restricts the powers of the cnetral governemnt
conditions of the canada health act - answer comprehensiveness, universality,
accessibility, portability, public administration
comprehensiveness - answer all insured services must be provided by physicians or
within hospitals
universality - answer provincial plans must cover 100% of insured services for all
insured persons under uniform terms and conditions
, accessibility - answer need to be 'reasonably accessible to all insured persons' - no user
charged/extra billing feels, reasonable compensation to its health professionals
portability - answer requires certain coverage for insured residents when temporarily
out of province, waiting period of 3 months before eligibility in a new province
public administration - answer administered and operated at a non-profit basis by a
public authority
ontario health - answer A 'super agency' established in 2019 whose mandate is "to
implement the health system strategies developed by the Ministry [of Health]" and
"manage health service needs across Ontario..." (among other things)
What is health policy - answer - Broad statement of goals, objectives and means that
create the framework for activity
- May be explicit written, may be implicit and unwritten (actions speak louder than
words)
Ford + Mandate Letters - answer - refused to release his mandate letters
- got appealed at supreme court
Plasma Donation History - answer Plasma Donation
1980- 2000 people infected with HIV from tainted blood supply
8000 people died
1992: restriction on any man who had sex with men 1977 and after
Crever inquiry into tainted blood system
2022 blood ban gone
Questions And Complete Answers
What are the 4 parts of the health policy triangle - answer context, content, process,
actors
Agency - answer power or capacity of actors to act independently and to make their
own free choices
context - answer systemic factors which may have an effect on health policy
situational factors - answer transient (impermanent) conditions which may influence
policy (focusing events)
structural factors - answer unchanging elements of society (politics, opportunity to
participate in decision-making, economic, demographics)
cultural factors - answer ability to question higher-ups, linguistic/cultural differences,
difficulties for women's health servcies, religion
international/exogenous factors - answer greater inter-dependence between states,
some health problems require coopeation
Stages heuristic - answer problem identification and issue recognition
- how are problems formed
- why on agenda
policy formulation
- who formulated the policy
- who decided and agreed on it
Policy Decision
- what decision was made
- consider doing nothing
- consider alternatives
policy implementation
,- how were objectives pursued
- how did they put it into action
Policy evaluation
- were objectives acheived
- unintended consequences
Mandate letters - answer to each of ministers envisioning what the prime minister sees
in the foreseeable future
public policy - answer a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to
address a given problem
healthy public policy - answer public policies outside of the health sector "characterised
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 concered with guiding or influencing governmental
policy, with evidence or ideological influences
federalism - answer divides authorities among levels of governemnt, and intentionally
restricts the powers of the cnetral governemnt
conditions of the canada health act - answer comprehensiveness, universality,
accessibility, portability, public administration
comprehensiveness - answer all insured services must be provided by physicians or
within hospitals
universality - answer provincial plans must cover 100% of insured services for all
insured persons under uniform terms and conditions
, accessibility - answer need to be 'reasonably accessible to all insured persons' - no user
charged/extra billing feels, reasonable compensation to its health professionals
portability - answer requires certain coverage for insured residents when temporarily
out of province, waiting period of 3 months before eligibility in a new province
public administration - answer administered and operated at a non-profit basis by a
public authority
ontario health - answer A 'super agency' established in 2019 whose mandate is "to
implement the health system strategies developed by the Ministry [of Health]" and
"manage health service needs across Ontario..." (among other things)
What is health policy - answer - Broad statement of goals, objectives and means that
create the framework for activity
- May be explicit written, may be implicit and unwritten (actions speak louder than
words)
Ford + Mandate Letters - answer - refused to release his mandate letters
- got appealed at supreme court
Plasma Donation History - answer Plasma Donation
1980- 2000 people infected with HIV from tainted blood supply
8000 people died
1992: restriction on any man who had sex with men 1977 and after
Crever inquiry into tainted blood system
2022 blood ban gone
