Intro to Canadas Healthcare System Flashcards
What was the evolution of healthcare?
in 18867 the dominion of Canada was created, it consisted of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and nova Scotia.
each province has its own?
- law making body
- lieutenant governor
- representation in government
The federal government was responsible for?
- management of quarentine
- care of indigenous populations
- establishment and maintenance of marine hospitals
the provincial government was responsible for?
- establishing. and maintaining hospitals, asylums, charities, and charitable institutions
- all other health-car-related responsibilities by default
The first medical school was established where and when?
in montreal in 1825
what volunteer organizations gave treatment to the poor?
- the order of st.johns
- Canadian red cross society
- children’s aid society
- victorian order of nurses
When and where did Canadas first hospital open?
in quebec in in 1639
Intro of health insurance
in 1957, the federal government introduced the hospital insurance and diagnostic services act, which provided federal dollars to provinces and territories willing to implement a comprehensive hospital insurance plan
Who was Tommy douglas?
“father of medicare” & premier of Saskatchewan from 1944-1961, he campaigned for affordable comprehensive hospital and medical insurance plans
what was the Medical Care act?
- implamented on july 1st, 1968
to recieve funds, provincial and territorial health plans had to meet the criteria of : - universality
- portability
- comprehensive coverage
- public administration
What was the establishing programs Financial Act (1977)?
- new funding formula to allocate money to health care and uni education
what is the Canadian Health Act?
- became a law in 1984
- governs, guides and limits our health care delivery system
- goal is to provide equal, prepaid, and accessible health care
What is the criteria of the Canadian Health Act?
- public administration
- comprehensive coverage
- universality
- portability
- accessibility
Canadian Health Act primary objective of health
- to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of canada and to facile reasonable access to health services eithout financial or other barriers
what is the organization and governance of Canada’s healthcare?
- works with provinces and territories
- provides coverage for:
- members of RCMP
- Inuit / first nations communities
- veterans/military personnel
- inmates and federal penitentiaries
- residents of remote and isolated areas
Health Canada organization: ministry level
the prime minister of Canada appoints an elected representative as a minister of health
What are the divisions of power?
- canada does not have a national insurance plan
Canadian Health Insurance
- third party insurance offsets the costs of noncovered services
- approx 60% of canadains of private health insurance
What is the provincial health plans criteria?
- Canadian citizenship or PR status
- resident of the province or territory you seeking treatment in
- physically lives there 6 months out of the year
what are insured inpatient services?
- meals
- standard hospital accomidations
- certain meds
- operating room and delivery room services and anesthetic facilities
- diagnostic and laboratory services
- routine medical and surgical supplies
- certain rehab services
Ambulance service
- not part of HCA
- each province created fees and schedules
what are the levels of healthcare?
- health promotion
- disease and injury prevention
- diagnosis and treatment
- rehab
- supportive care
what is primary healthcare?
- primary care and health education, nutrition, maternal/child health care, family planning, immunizations and control of locally endemic disease
What is primary care?
- focus on personal health services
level 1: health promotion
- enable people to increase control and improve their health
- wellness service
- Ottawa charter for health promotion
- promote seld-esteem in children and adults
level 2; disease and injury prevention
- reduce risk factors for disease and injury
- prevention strategies
- immunizing
- support groups
- climate control activism
level 3: diagnostic and treatment
- recognize/manage existing health problems of individuals
- primary care ( first point of contact with healthcare system)
- secondary care ( provision od specialized medical service)
- Tertiary care ( specialized technical care for complicated health problems)
level 4: rehab
- improve health and quality of life
- required after physical/mental illness, injury or addiction
