Week 5 - The Canadian Health Care System Flashcards
1
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History Saskatchewan - 1947
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- Tommy Douglas establishes a universal hospital care program
2
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History Saskatchewan - 1961
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- Law establishing universal health care coverage passed
3
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History Saskatchewan - 1962
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- Doctors strike and Saskatoon agreement
4
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What was the Saskatoon agreement
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- Put in place in order to stop doctors strike
- Allowed doctors to charge more on top of what government was paying
5
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History Canada - 1957
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- Hospital insurance and diagnostic services act created
6
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History Canada - 1965
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- Hall commission 1 report created
7
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History Canada - 1966
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- Medical care act created
8
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History Canada - 1979
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- Hall commission 2 report created
9
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History Canada - 1984
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- Canada Health act
10
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How does federalism affect health care
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- Hugely consequential
- Requires cooperation for funding, regulating, and reforming
- Source of tension
11
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What does single payer mean
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- One group paying for all health care
12
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How are fees for health care services determined
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- Fees negotiated between provinces and provincial medical associations
13
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2 types of ways that Canadians access care
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- Primary health care
- Secondary services
14
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Primary health care
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- Direct provision of care
- Coordinates patients access to health care system for specialized care
15
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Secondary services
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- Delivered at hospital, long term, care facility, or other clinic
- Provinces pay for certain home care services
- Federal government provides home care services to first nations on reserve and some Inuit communities