Chapter 2: The Canadian Health Care System Flashcards
True or False? Health care service delivery to First nations and aborignal peoples is a provincial responsibility only.
FALSE
True or False? The Canadian Health Care System has seen a shift in focus from home care to hospital care.
FALSE
Clients are being sent home sooner after hospital procedures.
TRUE
True or False? Home care enables clients to maintain their health and independace.
TRUE
The federal and provincial governments share health care costs.
True
Income and social status do not have an influence on health.
FALSE
True or False? People can lose their medicare benefits if they are fired from a job.
FALSE
True or false: Support workers provide most support services from home care.
TRUE
In 2004, Tommy Douglas was voted “The Greatest Canadian.” His main contribution to Saskatchewan as health minister was to initiate:
A medicare System
Private Health Insurance:
A. Is avaiable only to people who are in a low-income bracket.
B. Is illegal in Canada
C. Must be paid for by either the client or the client’s employer
D. Is unnecessary because most people’s provincial or territorial health insurance pays for all items.
C. Must be paid for by either the client or the clients employer.
Telehealth offers health care services by providing:
A. Phone-in prescription services to pharmacies for clients.
B. Telephone advice from nurses to people who call in.
C. In-Home supportive care
D. The telephone numbers of local doctors who are accepting clients.
B: Telephone advice from nurses to people who call in.
An example of a health promotion strategy is a:
A. “Stop smoking” advertising campaign
B. Stroke recovery program for people who have had a stroke.
C. Campaign to hire more cancer doctors in a community.
D. Program that provides hearing aids for seniors.
A: “Stop smoking” advertising campaign.
It is important to identify the key determinants of a community’s health because they can predict groups that:
A. Are most likely to develop health challenges
B. Need to be taxed more, based on their lifestyle issues.
C. Are beyond help from the government.
D. Cannot change their unhealthy behaviours.
A: Are most likely to develop health challenges.
No health insurance was available in Canada.
1961
Saskatchewan introduced an insurance plan to cover hospital costs.
1947
