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What are some examples of supplemental costs?
Prescrip on medica ons, den stry, home care, and long term care
What are two big challenges with care transi ons and integra on?
ALC beds (hospital beds for non-acute pa ents) and people using the ED who should be using
home or community care
True or False? Healthcare spending lowers but growth rate increases
False. Healthcare spending rises but growth rate slows
Where does 70% of total health care spending go towards?
Public Sector Funding
What are the three main sources of increased spending?
1. Provider compensa on
2. Increased use of services
3. Evolu on of services available and used
How many health authori es does BC have and what are they called?
There are 5 health authori es:
- Fraser Health
- Interior Health
- Northern Health
- Vancouver Costal Health
- Vancouver Island Health
What do provincial health services authority oversee?
The co-ordina on and delivery of provincial programs and highly specialized health-care
services
True or False? The CHA allows private health care only for limited services at mutually agreed
upon rates
, True
What are some reasons there is a rise in Canadian health care expenditures?
- Popula on growth
- Popula on aging
- Income growth and infla on
When was the Canada Health Act adopted?
1984
What was the primary objec ve of the Canada Health Act?
To protect, promote, and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and
to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers
What are the 5 principles that provinces and territories have to meet the standards of the CHA?
1. Public Administra on
2. Comprehensiveness
3. Universality
4. Portability
5. Accessibility
What is the given principle?
"The provincial and territorial plans must be administered and operated on a non profit basis by
a public authority"
Public Administra on
What is the given principle?
"The provincial and territorial plans must cover all residents"
Universality
What is the given principle?
"The provincial and territorial plans must insure all medically necessary services provided by:
hospitals, physicians, den sts"
Comprehensiveness
What is the given principle?
"The provincial and territorial plans must provide all residents reasonable access to medically
necessary services"