The insurance plan must provide for “reasonable access” to insured services by insured persons; user charges are not permitted.
What is Accessibility?
100
An increased focus is needed in this area particularly in secondary prevention, population health interventions mindful of social determinants of health, and health education.
What is Health Promotion?
100
Established by Health Canada in 2003. Works with governments, health organizations, leaders, and healthcare providers to inspire extraordinary improvement in patient safety and quality.
What is Canadian Patient Safety Institute ?
100
"_________" accounted for 7 out of every 10 dollars spent on health care
What is public funding?
100
This level of government allocates health care funds to the provinces.
What is the Federal government?
200
Provisions for handling people requiring care in a province other than the one in which they are insured.
What is portability?
200
The patient first point of contact with the Canadain health care system?
What is Primary Care ?
200
Independent, not-for-profit corporation that aims to contribute to the improvement of the health of Canadians and the health care system by disseminating quality health information.
What is Canadian Institute for Health Information?
200
The "___________ " grew to an estimated 11.7% in 2010
What is Canada's percentage of GDP spending on Health Care?
200
This level of government has authority over health care spending and program delegation within the province
What is the provincial/territorial government?
300
All insured persons must be covered for insured health services “on uniform terms and conditions.”
What is Universality?
300
Those who work in the formal and informal sectors of health, providers of care, administration, researchers, policy makers, etc. They represented 6% of the total Canadian workforce.
What are Human Health Resources?
300
Some of the functions of this institution include: prevention and control of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries; and respond to public health emergencies.
What is Public Health Agency of Canada?
300
100% of the resident Canadian population, including landed immigrants, receive full (first dollar) coverage for
“medically necessary” hospital, diagnostics and medical services, commonly called: "___________"
What is Medicare?
300
This level of government is responsible only for that which is delegated to them, such as health promotion programs, immunization programs, and food and water testing.
What is regional/local government?
400
All “insured health services” must be fully covered.
What is Comprehensiveness ?
400
At times the multi-level division of roles and responsibilities of health care delivery in Canada can seem convoluted and even inefficient in times of crisis. This issue is sometimes referred to as the "______" dilemma.
What is the "federalism" dilemma?
400
The major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada.
What is CIHR?
400
is the billing of an insured health service by a medical practitioner in an amount greater than the amount paid or to be paid for that service by the provincial or territorial health insurance plan.
What is Extra-Billing?
400
This level of government is responsible for the establishment, maintenance and management of hospitals, asylums, charities and eleemosynary institutions in and for the province.
What is provincial/territorial government?
500
The provincial and territorial plans must be administered and operated on a non-profit basis by a public authority accountable to the provincial or territorial government.
What is Public administration?
500
In 1984, this federal legislation replaced the federal hospital and medical insurance acts and consolidated new principles.
What is Canada Health Act ?
500
Committed to improving the lives of all of Canada 's people and to making this country's population among the healthiest in the world as measured by longevity, lifestyle and effective use of the public health care system.
What is Health Canada?
500
The health care of these THREE groups of people is FUNDED separately by the federal government.
Who are employees of the armed forces, federal prisoners, and First Nations & Inuit populations?
500
Function for the whole of Canada and each of the provinces and territories. It conducts a census every five years, there are about 350 active surveys on virtually all aspects of Canadian life.