HINF 265 MIDTREM EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Direct - ANSWERS✔-To the individual consumer, intervention based
\.Indirect - ANSWERS✔-Environmental Health, Licensing
\.Facilitative - ANSWERS✔-Structural, legislative, policy, planning, funding,
evaluation
\.Canada Health Act - ANSWERS✔-Sets out the primary objective for Canadian
health care policy
\.Public Administration - ANSWERS✔-Administered on a non profit basis
\.Comprehensive - ANSWERS✔-Cover insured services provided by hospitals,
physicians, and dentists
\.Universality - ANSWERS✔-All insured are entitled to health services
,\.Portability - ANSWERS✔-Residents moving from one to another province must
be covered by home province
\.Accessibility - ANSWERS✔-Residents have reasonable access
\.Conditions - ANSWERS✔-Info: provinces/territories shall provide info to the
Minister of Health as reasonably required. Recognition: provinces/territories shall
recognize the federal financial contributions towards insured and extended
services
\.Extra Billing - ANSWERS✔-Billing for an insured health service rendered to an
insured person by medical practitioner or dentist. Seen as a barrier or impediment
to receiving care. Discouraged, results in mandatory deduction from federal cash
transfers, determined by Minister of Health
\.User Charges - ANSWERS✔-Any charge for an insured health service other than
extra billing that is permitted by provinces/territories health insurance plan and is
not payable by the plan. Example is private room in hospital
\.Excluded Services - ANSWERS✔-Services that fall outside the definition of
insured health services. Certain services and group of persons are excluded from
the definition of insured services and insured persons
\.Non Insured Health Services - ANSWERS✔-Provinces provide a range of
programs and services outside the health act. Provided at provinces/territories
discretion, on their own terms/conditions, vary from provinces/territories.
Additional services include pharmaceuticals, ambulance services, optometric
, services and products. Often target a special population group (children, seniors,
or social assistance recipients), may be partially or fully covered by
provinces/territories. Number of services not considered medically necessary
(private hospital rooms, private duty nurses, television, telephone). Examples of
uninsured physician services include telephone advice, medical certificates,
testimony in court, cosmetic services.
\.Excluded Persons - ANSWERS✔-Have their own health insurance. Examples are
Canadian Forces, RCMP, prisoners, First Nations, individuals returning to Canada,
refugees, workers compensation board
\.Cause of Increased Health Care Spending - ANSWERS✔-Population growth,
inflation, drug prices, technology, services demand
\.Health Care Financing - ANSWERS✔-Public Sector:
municipal/provinces/territories governments, federal government departments
(RCMP, DND), workers compensation board, social security programs. Private
Sector: private health insurance, out of pocket payments. Example for public
sector are hospital care and physician services
\.Cost of Treating Patients in Hospital - ANSWERS✔-Cost of treating disease vary
accordingly to condition (acuity increasing) and procedures used (technology
drivers)
\.Health Care Workforce Issues - ANSWERS✔-Changing age profile unable to meet
future demands and workforce is reaching retirement age
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
\.Direct - ANSWERS✔-To the individual consumer, intervention based
\.Indirect - ANSWERS✔-Environmental Health, Licensing
\.Facilitative - ANSWERS✔-Structural, legislative, policy, planning, funding,
evaluation
\.Canada Health Act - ANSWERS✔-Sets out the primary objective for Canadian
health care policy
\.Public Administration - ANSWERS✔-Administered on a non profit basis
\.Comprehensive - ANSWERS✔-Cover insured services provided by hospitals,
physicians, and dentists
\.Universality - ANSWERS✔-All insured are entitled to health services
,\.Portability - ANSWERS✔-Residents moving from one to another province must
be covered by home province
\.Accessibility - ANSWERS✔-Residents have reasonable access
\.Conditions - ANSWERS✔-Info: provinces/territories shall provide info to the
Minister of Health as reasonably required. Recognition: provinces/territories shall
recognize the federal financial contributions towards insured and extended
services
\.Extra Billing - ANSWERS✔-Billing for an insured health service rendered to an
insured person by medical practitioner or dentist. Seen as a barrier or impediment
to receiving care. Discouraged, results in mandatory deduction from federal cash
transfers, determined by Minister of Health
\.User Charges - ANSWERS✔-Any charge for an insured health service other than
extra billing that is permitted by provinces/territories health insurance plan and is
not payable by the plan. Example is private room in hospital
\.Excluded Services - ANSWERS✔-Services that fall outside the definition of
insured health services. Certain services and group of persons are excluded from
the definition of insured services and insured persons
\.Non Insured Health Services - ANSWERS✔-Provinces provide a range of
programs and services outside the health act. Provided at provinces/territories
discretion, on their own terms/conditions, vary from provinces/territories.
Additional services include pharmaceuticals, ambulance services, optometric
, services and products. Often target a special population group (children, seniors,
or social assistance recipients), may be partially or fully covered by
provinces/territories. Number of services not considered medically necessary
(private hospital rooms, private duty nurses, television, telephone). Examples of
uninsured physician services include telephone advice, medical certificates,
testimony in court, cosmetic services.
\.Excluded Persons - ANSWERS✔-Have their own health insurance. Examples are
Canadian Forces, RCMP, prisoners, First Nations, individuals returning to Canada,
refugees, workers compensation board
\.Cause of Increased Health Care Spending - ANSWERS✔-Population growth,
inflation, drug prices, technology, services demand
\.Health Care Financing - ANSWERS✔-Public Sector:
municipal/provinces/territories governments, federal government departments
(RCMP, DND), workers compensation board, social security programs. Private
Sector: private health insurance, out of pocket payments. Example for public
sector are hospital care and physician services
\.Cost of Treating Patients in Hospital - ANSWERS✔-Cost of treating disease vary
accordingly to condition (acuity increasing) and procedures used (technology
drivers)
\.Health Care Workforce Issues - ANSWERS✔-Changing age profile unable to meet
future demands and workforce is reaching retirement age
