Canada health care system

Question 1

The two orders Canadian government

Answer 1

Federal government

Ten provincial governments

Question 2

Two main causes of death in Canada

Answer 2

Cancer

Cardiovascular disease

Question 3

first province to implement a universal hospital services plan in 1947.

Answer 3

Saskatchewan

Question 4

outlined the common conditions that provincial governments had to satisfy in order to receive shared-cost financing through federal transfers.

Answer 4

Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act

Question 5

This sector in Canada is responsible for roughly 70% of total health expenditure

Answer 5

public sector

Question 6

The provinces that now have a single RHA responsible for coordinating all acute and long-term care services (but not primary care) in their respective areas.

Answer 6

Alberta and Prince Edward Island

Question 7

international treaties that recognize the right to health

Answer 7

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Question 8

the first jurisdiction to establish a province-wide medical service plan for all social assistance recipients

Answer 8

Ontario

Question 9

In 1947, the Saskatchewan Government implemented a universal hospital services plan popularly known as _____

Answer 9

hospitalization