Key Terms 2 Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is accessibility in the context of the Canada Health Act?
A principle that states that people must have reasonable access to insured health care services.
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What are benefits in health care?
Types of assistance provided through available insurance premiums, such as a dental procedure without additional cost to the consumer.
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What is the Canada Health Act?
Federal legislation that clarifies the types of health care services that are insured and outlines five principles that must be met by provinces and territories to qualify for federal health care funding.
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What does comprehensiveness mean in the Canada Health Act?
A principle that states that all necessary health services, including hospitalization and access to physicians and surgical dentists, must be insured.
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What is disease prevention?
Strategies that prevent the occurrence of disease or injury.
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What is health promotion?
A strategy for improving the population’s health by providing necessary information and tools for informed decisions that promote health and wellness.
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What is home care?
Health care and support services provided to people in their places of residence.
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What is medicare?
Canada’s national health care insurance system that publicly funds the whole cost of medically necessary health services for permanent residents.
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What does portability mean in the Canada Health Act?
A principle that states that residents continue to be entitled to coverage from their home province even when living in a different province or territory or outside the country.
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What is primary health care delivery?
The first point of contact people have with the health care system, which could be through a doctor, nurse, or other health care provider.
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What is public administration in the Canada Health Act?
A principle that states that provincial health insurance must be administered by a public authority on a nonprofit basis.
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What is secondary health care delivery?
An intermediate level of health care that includes diagnosis and treatment, performed in a hospital with specialized equipment and laboratory facilities.
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What is telehealth?
Medical telephone call centres through which nurses give advice to callers about health concerns.
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What is tertiary health care delivery?
The specialized, highly technical level of health care that takes place in large research and teaching hospitals.
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What is traditional healing?
Health practices that incorporate Indigenous healing and wellness, using ceremonies, plant, animal or mineral-based medicines, energetic therapies, or physical techniques.
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What does universality mean in the Canada Health Act?
A principle that states that all residents are entitled to the same basic level of health care services across the country.
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