INTRODUCTION

Question 1

Healthcare services:
Define: acute, long term, community, private care

Answer 1

Acute: short-term, urgent care; specialized services
Long term: personal care homes, palliative; inpatient
Community: rehabilitative, recovery; support care; outpatient
Private care: privately paid

Question 2

Canadian Healthcare Structure,
Canada Health Act (5 principles, define)

Answer 2

Federal gov’t provides funds through taxes; Provincial gov’t delivers healthcare

CHA: universal, comprehensive, accessible, publicly administered, portable

Question 3

Departments of clinical laboratory

Answer 3

hematology, chemistry, coagulation, urinalysis, cytology, histology, immunology, blood bank, accessioning, microbiology