Canada Health Act Flashcards
Canada health Act 1984 criteria
- public administration
- comprehensive coverage
- universality
- portability
- accessibility
conditions
- information
- recognition
public administration
public is involved in administering health care
comprehensive coverage
medically necessary services are prepaid
universality
- all eligible residents being able to access same services within their region
portability
receive treatment all across Canada
accessibility
reasonable access to available services
federal health care responsibilities
- little power over health care of individuals
- funding to provinces and territories
- leadership, advice, & direction
- interacts with WHO
health ministry responsibilities
- maintaining and improving health of Canadians
- oversees health portfolio
- supervision collection and analysis of info
- collaborating with provincial and territorial counterparts
First Nations and Inuit health branch
- oversees healthcare provided to First Nations and Inuit people
- broad mandate of health services they provide
- Jordan’s principle: determines what govt pays for First Nation children medical services
health environments and consumer safety branch
- help create healthy environments
- provide public with info
- encourage active lifestyle
health and products food branch
- review health products before being brought on to the market to make sure they are safe
opioid response branch
- response to opioid crisis
- oversees controlled substances and opioid response team
cannabis legalization and regulation branch
- helps distribute safely
- provides public with info
Canadian Institute of health research
- federal funding agency
- created under CHIR act in 2000
- 13 institutes are networks between different researchers and stakeholder throughout country
CIHI
- independent organization that provides info
- works closely with CIHR
- data used at all levels of govt
- areas for continues improvement
patented medicines review board
- created in 1987 under the patent act
- limits prices set by patentees
- regulatory
- reporting
- patented medicines regulations
public health agency of Canada
- 2004
- headed by Canadas chief public health officer
- mandate to promote health and prevent diseases
- posts web-based data regarding health issues
- tracks outbreaks of illnesses
- aims to reduce accidents, prevent injuries, and respond to public health issues
provincial health care responsibilities
- 13 separate health plans (each province/territory)
- provincial/territorial govts oversee matters relation to the personal health of they populations
- must abide by Canada Health Act
- hospital care and medically necessary treatment
- each province has ministry of health
- minster is appointed elected official
- deputy minister is not elected
- associate deputy ministers or management committee may be assigned
categories of health care
- primary
- secondary
- tertiary
- quaternary
primary
direct care
secondary
- referral to a specialist for diagnosis
- short term
- ma progress to tertiary
tertiary
- may be short term or long term
quaternary
- highly specialized
- not always available
regional health authorities
- defined geography regions
- help meet needs of communities
- broad governance with appointed and/elected members
- services were centralized within regions
- many small facilities were closed or downsized
- some services were shifted to more rural areas as a means to justify keeping smaller facilities open
- several provinces/territories have moved back to central health authority
4 goals of regional health authorities
1) amalgamate services
2) health promotion and disease prevention
3) involve public
4) implements appropriate and effective governance
health card
- applicant assigned a number once approved
- must be presented when assigning services
- only provincial health care providers may request card
- if not valid may have to pay
how to get a health card
- Canadian citizenship; permanent resident
- resident of province/territory where seeking health care
- physically resides in same jurisdiction for 5 months
- infants insured where they are born
- no Canadian ever denied
paperwork required for health card
- proof of citizenship & residency
- personal ID
- Canadian immigration ID records
- sometimes difficult for newcomers because of all the paperwork
- waiting period must not exceed 3 months
insured medical services
- deemed medically necessary by medical doctor
- must be referred by doctor for specialist visit
- second opinion is family doctor refers to another specialist
- each province has own list of insured services
hospital insured inpatient services
- standard accommodations
- meals
- medications
- labour & delivery
- surgical services
- medical services
- routine nursing care
- rehab
hospital insure outpatient services
- emergency treatment
- say surgery
- diagnostic procedures
- cancer centre
- ortho clinic
- some PT, OT, RT for limited time
areas for continued improvement of CIHI
- seniors & aging
- mental health & addictions
- indigenous population
- children & youth
