HS 3400 Midterm Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Why study health policy? - CORRECT ANSWER You realize something is wrong with
the healthcare system and want to change it
Health policy examples - CORRECT ANSWER Legalization of recreational cannabis,
pharmacare, mandatory vaccination, aboriginal health
Policy Processes and Policy-Making examples - CORRECT ANSWER How are laws
introduced and passed? How do policies change? How is health governed?
Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Broad statement of goals, objectives and means that
create the framework for activity. Often takes the form of explicit written documents, but may
also be implicit or unwritten; decisions taken by those with responsibility for a given policy
area
Public Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Courses of action or inaction chosen by public
authorities to address a given problem; anything a government chooses to do or not to do
Health Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Courses of action (and inaction) that affect the
set of institutions, organizations, services and funding arrangements of the health and health
care system; policies that have to do with health, created by health agencies organizations;
can be both public and private
Healthy Public Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Public policies (i.e., policies outside of
the health sector) characterized by an explicit concern for health and equity in all areas of
policy and by an accountability for health impact
Program - CORRECT ANSWER Activity that organizes or delivers a service or goods
to achieve a policy's objectives
, Politics - CORRECT ANSWER The art or science concerned with guiding or
influencing governmental policy
Laws - CORRECT ANSWER Enact public policy
Constitutional Act, 1867 - CORRECT ANSWER - Law passed by the British
parliament that created Canada, founded on Indigenous lands
- Specifies the responsibilities of the national (federal) government and the provinces and
territories
Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER Divides authority among levels of government,
and intentionally restricts the powers of the central government
Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) - CORRECT ANSWER Government-run health
insurance plan for Ontario
Canada Health Act (1984) - CORRECT ANSWER In order for provinces and
territories to receive full cash and tax transfers from the federal government to fund health
care, they must comply with the terms of the Canada Health Act
Five conditions of Canada Health Act - CORRECT ANSWER Comprehensiveness
Universality
Accessibility
Portability
Public Administration
Comprehensiveness - CORRECT ANSWER Provincial insurance plans must insure
(i.e., cover) all "insured health services" provided by physicians or within hospitals
Universality - CORRECT ANSWER Provincial insurance plans must cover 100% of
insured health services for all insured persons under uniform terms and conditions
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Why study health policy? - CORRECT ANSWER You realize something is wrong with
the healthcare system and want to change it
Health policy examples - CORRECT ANSWER Legalization of recreational cannabis,
pharmacare, mandatory vaccination, aboriginal health
Policy Processes and Policy-Making examples - CORRECT ANSWER How are laws
introduced and passed? How do policies change? How is health governed?
Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Broad statement of goals, objectives and means that
create the framework for activity. Often takes the form of explicit written documents, but may
also be implicit or unwritten; decisions taken by those with responsibility for a given policy
area
Public Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Courses of action or inaction chosen by public
authorities to address a given problem; anything a government chooses to do or not to do
Health Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Courses of action (and inaction) that affect the
set of institutions, organizations, services and funding arrangements of the health and health
care system; policies that have to do with health, created by health agencies organizations;
can be both public and private
Healthy Public Policy - CORRECT ANSWER Public policies (i.e., policies outside of
the health sector) characterized by an explicit concern for health and equity in all areas of
policy and by an accountability for health impact
Program - CORRECT ANSWER Activity that organizes or delivers a service or goods
to achieve a policy's objectives
, Politics - CORRECT ANSWER The art or science concerned with guiding or
influencing governmental policy
Laws - CORRECT ANSWER Enact public policy
Constitutional Act, 1867 - CORRECT ANSWER - Law passed by the British
parliament that created Canada, founded on Indigenous lands
- Specifies the responsibilities of the national (federal) government and the provinces and
territories
Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER Divides authority among levels of government,
and intentionally restricts the powers of the central government
Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) - CORRECT ANSWER Government-run health
insurance plan for Ontario
Canada Health Act (1984) - CORRECT ANSWER In order for provinces and
territories to receive full cash and tax transfers from the federal government to fund health
care, they must comply with the terms of the Canada Health Act
Five conditions of Canada Health Act - CORRECT ANSWER Comprehensiveness
Universality
Accessibility
Portability
Public Administration
Comprehensiveness - CORRECT ANSWER Provincial insurance plans must insure
(i.e., cover) all "insured health services" provided by physicians or within hospitals
Universality - CORRECT ANSWER Provincial insurance plans must cover 100% of
insured health services for all insured persons under uniform terms and conditions
