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Health Policy 3400 Final Exam Review Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
What are the 4 parts of the health policy triangle— Answer: context,
content, process, actors
Agency— Answer: power or capacity of actors to act independently
and to make their own free choices
context— Answer: systemic factors which may have an effect on health
policy
situational factors— Answer: transient (impermanent) conditions
which may influence policy (focusing events)
structural factors— Answer: unchanging elements of society (politics,
opportunity to participate in decision-making, economic,
demographics)
cultural factors— Answer: ability to question higher-ups,
linguistic/cultural differences, difficulties for women's health servcies,
religion
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international/exogenous factors— Answer: greater inter-dependence
between states, some health problems require coopeation
Stages heuristic— Answer: problem identification and issue
recognition
- how are problems formed
- why on agenda
policy formulation
- who formulated the policy
- who decided and agreed on it
Policy Decision
- what decision was made
- consider doing nothing
- consider alternatives
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policy implementation
- how were objectives pursued
- how did they put it into action
Policy evaluation
- were objectives acheived
- unintended consequences
Mandate letters— Answer: to each of ministers envisioning what the
prime minister sees in the foreseeable future
public policy— Answer: a course of action or inaction chosen by public
authorities to address a given problem
healthy public policy— Answer: public policies outside of the health
sector "characterised by an explicit concern for health and equity in all
areas of policy and by an accountability for health impact"
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program— Answer: activity that organizes or delivers a service or
goods to achieve a policy's objectives
politics— Answer: the art or science concered with guiding or
influencing governmental policy, with evidence or ideological
influences
federalism— Answer: divides authorities among levels of governemnt,
and intentionally restricts the powers of the cnetral governemnt
conditions of the canada health act— Answer: comprehensiveness,
universality, accessibility, portability, public administration
comprehensiveness— Answer: all insured services must be provided
by physicians or within hospitals
universality— Answer: provincial plans must cover 100% of insured
services for all insured persons under uniform terms and conditions
accessibility— Answer: need to be 'reasonably accessible to all insured
persons' - no user charged/extra billing feels, reasonable compensation
to its health professionals
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Health Policy 3400 Final Exam Review Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
What are the 4 parts of the health policy triangle— Answer: context,
content, process, actors
Agency— Answer: power or capacity of actors to act independently
and to make their own free choices
context— Answer: systemic factors which may have an effect on health
policy
situational factors— Answer: transient (impermanent) conditions
which may influence policy (focusing events)
structural factors— Answer: unchanging elements of society (politics,
opportunity to participate in decision-making, economic,
demographics)
cultural factors— Answer: ability to question higher-ups,
linguistic/cultural differences, difficulties for women's health servcies,
religion
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international/exogenous factors— Answer: greater inter-dependence
between states, some health problems require coopeation
Stages heuristic— Answer: problem identification and issue
recognition
- how are problems formed
- why on agenda
policy formulation
- who formulated the policy
- who decided and agreed on it
Policy Decision
- what decision was made
- consider doing nothing
- consider alternatives
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policy implementation
- how were objectives pursued
- how did they put it into action
Policy evaluation
- were objectives acheived
- unintended consequences
Mandate letters— Answer: to each of ministers envisioning what the
prime minister sees in the foreseeable future
public policy— Answer: a course of action or inaction chosen by public
authorities to address a given problem
healthy public policy— Answer: public policies outside of the health
sector "characterised by an explicit concern for health and equity in all
areas of policy and by an accountability for health impact"
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program— Answer: activity that organizes or delivers a service or
goods to achieve a policy's objectives
politics— Answer: the art or science concered with guiding or
influencing governmental policy, with evidence or ideological
influences
federalism— Answer: divides authorities among levels of governemnt,
and intentionally restricts the powers of the cnetral governemnt
conditions of the canada health act— Answer: comprehensiveness,
universality, accessibility, portability, public administration
comprehensiveness— Answer: all insured services must be provided
by physicians or within hospitals
universality— Answer: provincial plans must cover 100% of insured
services for all insured persons under uniform terms and conditions
accessibility— Answer: need to be 'reasonably accessible to all insured
persons' - no user charged/extra billing feels, reasonable compensation
to its health professionals
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