Canadian Health Care System Flashcards
What is the Public Health Agency of Canada?
They ensure the prevention of diseases and such (cancer, covid, etc.)
- what they decide goes to Health Canada to ensure it passes as laws and regulations (e.g. wear masks, vaccines, etc.)
What is Health Canada?
They focus on policies and regulations
What is the Canadian Institute of Health Research?
Controls the type and longevity of research (huge focus on mental health and infectious diseases)
What is the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board?
Ensures pharmaceutical companies don’t rip off prices of medicine only unique to Canada
What is Canadian Food Inspection Agency?
Ensures certain regulations are met so people are getting “Safe” food to eat (e.g. mandated for salt to contain iodine; preventing thyroid cancer)
- same as FDA in US, then approved by Health Canada
Public Health Care in Canada
Provides basic health care needs required paid for by taxes as the Canadian Health Care Act is a federal law setting out the principles for health care in Canada. But, can mean longer wait times to prioritize emergent cases.
Private Health Care in US
Americans pay for health care or health insurance, but it can be expensive, guarantees good quality care though.
Flexner Report
Reform for medical school; must be affiliated with a university, partnered with hospitals for medical training; diversity change - systemic racism/sexism; narrowed school’s interests to disease.
Advocated rise of ‘scientific’ biomedicine at expense of public health
strengthen state regulation of medical licensure
How does insurance work for services from public like hospitals & diagno
Hospital Insurance + Diagnostic Act
Insurance provides everything including services in institutions? And ar
Public insurance provided for services offered in hospitals but not for nursing homes, mental institutions, sanatoria, etc.
Reimnbursed one-half of provincial and territorial costs for hospital and diagnostic services.
Emmett Hall Commission
Role: Inquire into and report upon the existing facilities and the future need for health services for the people of Canada
What are the 5 Principles of Medicare?
- Public administration
- Comprehensiveness
- Universal coverage
- Portability
- Accessibility
Medical Care Act of 1966
Implemented to set the stage for universal health care insurance
What are the 2 conditions for Medicare?
- Information
- Recognition
What does it mean by Information being a condition for Medicare?
Provincial and territorial governments are required to provide information to the Minister of Health, in relation to insured health care services and extended health care services, for the purpose of the Canada Health Act.
What does it mean by Recognition as a condition for Medicare?
The provincial and territorial governments are to appropriately recognize the federal contributions toward both insured and extended health care services.
