QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
health - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the state of complete physical, mental and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
health system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a good ________ _________ delivers quality
service to ALL people, when and where they NEED them
WHO 5 principals - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-leadership and governance
-health information systems
-health financing
-essential medical products and technologies
-coordinated service delivery
Canadian Healthcare Systems Principals - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-all citizens have
reasonable access to medically necessary hospital and physician services on a prepaid basis
-universal coverage for all citizens and permanent residents (and from province to province)
-equity an solidarity of system
main characteristics of medicare - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-curative system: focus on
curing, not preventing
-fragmented: different provinces/territories, some private in a mostly public system ...
-mixed-funding: federal vs provincial, private vs public,
70% - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅publicly funded
30% - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅privately funded
14% - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅out of pocket
, 12% - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅private insurance
49% - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅provincial
(70% of 70%)
21% - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅federal
(30% of 70%)
hospital - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅majority of the money is being spent on
_____________
$1804/capita
drugs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the second most is spent on ____________
$959/capita
physicians - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the third most is spent on _____________
$946/capita
(growth of 2.2%, higher than the first two combined)
correlation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅there is no ______________ between amount spent
and health status of the population
1957 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
1966 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Medical Care Act
proposed by Lester Pearson
includes universal public coverage of hospitals AND Drs' services to all Canadians
federal/provinical = 50/50 payments
1984 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Canada Health Act