Canadian healthcare system-UFT Flashcards
def:responsible for handling cases where an employee is unable to work due to an injury sustained on the job.
Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB)
The act states that hospital funding is not a federal responsibility rather its a provincial regulation
Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act:
(def):Sets out program criteria and conditions for payment for the cash portion of the Federal contribution made to the provinces for insured health services and payments made to the provinces for extended health services
Canada Health Act
Criteria of the Canada Health Act:
-Public Administration
-Comprehensiveness
-Universality
-Portability
-Accessibility (*must provide insured services on uniform terms and conditions on a basis that does not impede or preclude access/must provide for the payment of amounts to hospitals for insured services).
its mandate is: to support a national, universally accessible health system, true to the principles of the Canada Health Act. Strengthen the public’s understanding of health and health care and develop their support for change
National Forum on Health
mandate: improving the quality & value of the patient experience through the application of evidence-based health care
The excellent care for ALL act.
(def):makes recommendations on possible changes to the way health care is covered and paid for to ensure that it is consistent with the evidence
Health Quality Ontario (HQO)
_________ measures and reports to the public on the overall quality of health care services in Ontario
Ontario Health Quality Council (OHQC)
2 types of hospital fundings?
-health based allocation model funding (HBAM
-Quality based procedure funding
how will funding be directed?
patient-based rather than traditional global budget
commission under the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
kirby comission
(def): established by the federal government to (R)eview & make (R)ecommendations about healthcare system in Canada
(R)omanow comission
