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18 Cards in this Set
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Prior to the 1940's heath care was depending on who could ____ |
afford it |
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What is the Marsh report of 1943? |
It is a report to help make social programs, including health care more accessible to Canadians |
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What did the Marsh Report recommend? |
That Canada has a social minimum that is a standard aimed at protecting the disadvantaged through social policies such as social insurance and children's allowance. |
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When did most of the Marsh's recommendations become law in Canada? |
1966 |
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Who is Tommy Douglas? |
He led the first social democratic government elected in Canada The CCF in Saskatchewan in 1944 Very committed to giving all the same access to health care |
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The Hall report of 1964? |
recommended a comprehensive health service patterned on the Saskatchewan model |
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When was the medical care act passed? |
1968 |
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What did the Canadian Heath act (1984) do? |
It strengthened the universal nature of the public health care system in Canada |
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The Romanow Report (2002) has three main themes in its recommendations: |
1. Strong leadership is required 2. The system should become efficient and responsive 3. Both short-term and long-term strategies are needed to help maintain universal healthcare |
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Medicare is funded ___? |
publicly by government insurance |
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Critics of medicaresay that a “two-tier system” (private and publicmedicine side by side) wouldbe more |
cost efficient and would provide consumers more choices |
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Supportersofmedicare insistthat a two-tier system would |
underminethe publicsystem, foster inequalityin access, and thatmore “medically necessary” procedures, not fewer, should beprovided publicly tomake the system workfor Canadian citizens. |
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Each province needs to meet these 5 principals |
1. Public Administration 2. Comprehensiveness 3. Universality 4. Portability 5. Accessibility |
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Total Health Care expenses are highest in ___ and lowest in ___ |
Newfoundland Quebec |
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Threats to the Canadian Public Health Care system |
•The “de-listing”of specific services coveredbymedicare •The transfer of care outof areas covered by medicare (e.g., acute care inhospitals) toareasthat arenot covered (e.g., home care) |
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What conditions are considered the social determinants of Health? |
Not medical treatments or lifestyle choices Living conditions |
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Communities health center focus? |
prevention, education and health promotion |
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What is Indigenous Food Sovereignty |
is the right of peoples, communities, and countries to define their own agricultural, labor, fishing, food, and land policies, which are ecologically, socially, spiritually, economically, and culturally appropriate to their circumstances. |
