HINF 265 TEST #1 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS.
What are some examples of supplemental costs? - (answer)Prescription medications, dentistry, home
care, and long term care
What are two big challenges with care transitions and integration? - (answer)ALC beds (hospital beds for
non-acute patients) and people using the ED who should be using home or community care
True or False? Healthcare spending lowers but growth rate increases - (answer)False. Healthcare
spending rises but growth rate slows
Where does 70% of total health care spending go towards? - (answer)Public Sector Funding
What are the three main sources of increased spending? - (answer)1. Provider compensation
2. Increased use of services
3. Evolution of services available and used
How many health authorities does BC have and what are they called? - (answer)There are 5 health
authorities:
- Fraser Health
- Interior Health
- Northern Health
- Vancouver Costal Health
- Vancouver Island Health
What do provincial health services authority oversee? - (answer)The co-ordination 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
- (answer)True
, HINF 265 TEST #1 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS.
What are some reasons there is a rise in Canadian health care expenditures? - (answer)- Population
growth
- Population aging
- Income growth and inflation
When was the Canada Health Act adopted? - (answer)1984
What was the primary objective of the Canada Health Act? - (answer)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? -
(answer)1. Public Administration
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" - (answer)Public Administration
What is the given principle?
"The provincial and territorial plans must cover all residents" - (answer)Universality
What is the given principle?
"The provincial and territorial plans must insure all medically necessary services provided by: hospitals,
physicians, dentists" - (answer)Comprehensiveness
SOLUTIONS.
What are some examples of supplemental costs? - (answer)Prescription medications, dentistry, home
care, and long term care
What are two big challenges with care transitions and integration? - (answer)ALC beds (hospital beds for
non-acute patients) and people using the ED who should be using home or community care
True or False? Healthcare spending lowers but growth rate increases - (answer)False. Healthcare
spending rises but growth rate slows
Where does 70% of total health care spending go towards? - (answer)Public Sector Funding
What are the three main sources of increased spending? - (answer)1. Provider compensation
2. Increased use of services
3. Evolution of services available and used
How many health authorities does BC have and what are they called? - (answer)There are 5 health
authorities:
- Fraser Health
- Interior Health
- Northern Health
- Vancouver Costal Health
- Vancouver Island Health
What do provincial health services authority oversee? - (answer)The co-ordination 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
- (answer)True
, HINF 265 TEST #1 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS.
What are some reasons there is a rise in Canadian health care expenditures? - (answer)- Population
growth
- Population aging
- Income growth and inflation
When was the Canada Health Act adopted? - (answer)1984
What was the primary objective of the Canada Health Act? - (answer)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? -
(answer)1. Public Administration
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" - (answer)Public Administration
What is the given principle?
"The provincial and territorial plans must cover all residents" - (answer)Universality
What is the given principle?
"The provincial and territorial plans must insure all medically necessary services provided by: hospitals,
physicians, dentists" - (answer)Comprehensiveness
