Canadian Health Care System Flashcards
What are marine hospitals? Is federal or provincial government responsible for them?
- Hospitals designated for the care of sick or disabled seamen (hah)
- The federal government is responsible
Federal or provincially funded: Health services for aboriginal, federal employees, immigrants and civil aviation personnel
- Federal
Federal or provincially funded: - Investigations into public health?
- Federal
Federal or provincially funded: Regulation of food and drugs?
- Federal
Federal or provincially funded: Inspection of medical devices?
- Federal
Federal or provincially provided: Administration of health care insurance?
- Federal
Federal or provincially provided: General information services related to health conditions and practices?
- Federal
Federal or provincially provided: Establishment, maintenence and management of hospitals, asylums, charities and charitable institutions?
- Provincial
- Under Constitution act 1867
Federal or provincially provided: Licensing of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals?
- Provincial
Federal or provincially provided: Determining the standards for licensing all hospitals?
- Provincial
Federal or provincially provided: Administering provincial medical insurance plans?
- Provincial..
Federal or provincially provided: Financing health care facilities
- Provincial
Federal or provincially provided: Delivery of certain public health services
- Provincial
- Note that public health investigations are federal, I believe these services would include things like dental checks in schools, vaccination programs, etc?
What is the Constitution Act (1867)
- Deals primarily with jurisdictional power between the federal and provincial governments (who is responsible for what)
Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) Guarantee a right to health care?
- No
- This does not guarantee a right to health care, but since the government decided to finance health care, they are constitutionally obliged to do so.