Canadian Healthcare System UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Medicare Canada's decentralized, publicly funded, universal health care system
Primary care health care at a basic rather than specialized level for people making an initial
approach to a doctor or nurse for treatment.
Eg. patient goes in for complaints of headaches
Secondary care health services to which primary caregivers refer clients for consultation and
additional testing
Eg. Neurologist, MRI imaging
Tertiary care Highly specialized medical care, often involving advanced procedures or
surgery, provided at major hospitals or specialty centers.
Eg. Neurosurgeon
Quaternary care Ultra-specialized extension of tertiary care—highly experimental, rare, or
technologically advanced treatments available only at select centers. Also
includes paediatric care such as SickKids
Eg. Very rare brain tumour discovered
What are the four levels of care? primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
What is the federal government in charge of for Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada
healthcare?
What are the provincial and territorial governments in • Regional Health Agencies (EG. Local Health Integration Networks in Ontario,
charge of in terms of healthcare? Local
Community Service Centres in Quebec)
• Primary Care - First point of access to healthcare system
• Secondary Care -Specialist care by referral from general practitioners
• Tertiary Care - Specialized inpatient care
• Quaternary Care - Highly specialized care.
What are the municipal governments in charge of in - Public Health Units - Board of Health and
terms of healthcare? administered by Medical Officer of Health.
- Deliver health promotion and disease prevention.
BNA Act 1867 "Peace, order, and good government"
Government Organization within a society elected to set public policies in a jurisdiction
Public policy Course of action or inaction selected by public authorities
to deal with a problem or related set of problems
, In the Chaoulli case (2004), the Supreme Court of Agreed to review claims of failures in Quebec's system
Canada: 3 multiple choice options
What is especially putting pressure on the public Aging population; greater amount of baby boomers
healthcare system over time?
These ongoing stories and fears about aging, costly luxury
drugs, and more illness suggest the public system is not
sustainable and that public care is becoming a _.
According to a 2012 Leger Marketing survey, medicare 94
is our most important source of national and personal
pride, with __ percent approval
The authors view health care primarily as: human right
3 multiple choice options
Our healthcare system is fundamentally about _____ , democracy
and ____ can work only with a public that is both
involved and informed.
As ________ , who headed the Commission on the Roy Romanow
Future of Health Care, put it in 2002 after examining the
evidence and consulting Canadians widely, health care
is about our values, and it is as sustainable as we
collectively want it to be.
whats the Political Economy Approach? A critical way of understanding how public policy is created and implemented.
What perspective does the political economy approach A critical social science perspective focused on power and social
come from? transformation.
What does the political economy approach emphasize It examines who holds power, how power affects policy change, and how
about power? people can challenge or transform existing systems.
Whats the Redistributive policy? Governmental actions aimed to reallocate resources and wealth from one
segment of society to another, usually to reduce inequalities and provide
support to disadvantaged groups.
In the video shown, who told Tommy Douglas that his John Diefenbaker
idea was good and that it would be taken nationally?
What is Doug Ford trying to do? Privatize health care services
____ clinics take staff out of public hospitals to serve private ; public
lighter-care profitable patients, leaving those with more
complex care needs to ___ hospitals with less
funding and staffing to provide for them.
In private for-profit clinics, patients are routinely ten ; four or five ; three
charged __ times the public health system cost for
shoulder surgeries, ____ or ___ times the cost for cataract
surgeries, and ___ times or more the cost for private
MRIs.
CORRECT Answers
Medicare Canada's decentralized, publicly funded, universal health care system
Primary care health care at a basic rather than specialized level for people making an initial
approach to a doctor or nurse for treatment.
Eg. patient goes in for complaints of headaches
Secondary care health services to which primary caregivers refer clients for consultation and
additional testing
Eg. Neurologist, MRI imaging
Tertiary care Highly specialized medical care, often involving advanced procedures or
surgery, provided at major hospitals or specialty centers.
Eg. Neurosurgeon
Quaternary care Ultra-specialized extension of tertiary care—highly experimental, rare, or
technologically advanced treatments available only at select centers. Also
includes paediatric care such as SickKids
Eg. Very rare brain tumour discovered
What are the four levels of care? primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
What is the federal government in charge of for Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada
healthcare?
What are the provincial and territorial governments in • Regional Health Agencies (EG. Local Health Integration Networks in Ontario,
charge of in terms of healthcare? Local
Community Service Centres in Quebec)
• Primary Care - First point of access to healthcare system
• Secondary Care -Specialist care by referral from general practitioners
• Tertiary Care - Specialized inpatient care
• Quaternary Care - Highly specialized care.
What are the municipal governments in charge of in - Public Health Units - Board of Health and
terms of healthcare? administered by Medical Officer of Health.
- Deliver health promotion and disease prevention.
BNA Act 1867 "Peace, order, and good government"
Government Organization within a society elected to set public policies in a jurisdiction
Public policy Course of action or inaction selected by public authorities
to deal with a problem or related set of problems
, In the Chaoulli case (2004), the Supreme Court of Agreed to review claims of failures in Quebec's system
Canada: 3 multiple choice options
What is especially putting pressure on the public Aging population; greater amount of baby boomers
healthcare system over time?
These ongoing stories and fears about aging, costly luxury
drugs, and more illness suggest the public system is not
sustainable and that public care is becoming a _.
According to a 2012 Leger Marketing survey, medicare 94
is our most important source of national and personal
pride, with __ percent approval
The authors view health care primarily as: human right
3 multiple choice options
Our healthcare system is fundamentally about _____ , democracy
and ____ can work only with a public that is both
involved and informed.
As ________ , who headed the Commission on the Roy Romanow
Future of Health Care, put it in 2002 after examining the
evidence and consulting Canadians widely, health care
is about our values, and it is as sustainable as we
collectively want it to be.
whats the Political Economy Approach? A critical way of understanding how public policy is created and implemented.
What perspective does the political economy approach A critical social science perspective focused on power and social
come from? transformation.
What does the political economy approach emphasize It examines who holds power, how power affects policy change, and how
about power? people can challenge or transform existing systems.
Whats the Redistributive policy? Governmental actions aimed to reallocate resources and wealth from one
segment of society to another, usually to reduce inequalities and provide
support to disadvantaged groups.
In the video shown, who told Tommy Douglas that his John Diefenbaker
idea was good and that it would be taken nationally?
What is Doug Ford trying to do? Privatize health care services
____ clinics take staff out of public hospitals to serve private ; public
lighter-care profitable patients, leaving those with more
complex care needs to ___ hospitals with less
funding and staffing to provide for them.
In private for-profit clinics, patients are routinely ten ; four or five ; three
charged __ times the public health system cost for
shoulder surgeries, ____ or ___ times the cost for cataract
surgeries, and ___ times or more the cost for private
MRIs.
