SOC334H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Free Market, Maximum Life Span, Health Promotion
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Intrinsic aging: changes within body normal wear and tear. Social determinants of health: location, accessibility, technology, education. Three models of healthcare: medical model, social model, health promotion model, self-care, promoting all around well-being, involve family and community is a challenge for nursing homes, involve community as volunteers. The father of medicare: premier of saskatchewan promoting universal medicare, his values have become canadian values. Idea that spending will increase tremendously as population ages: spending on health for other populations. Health spending as a share of gdp has trended upward over last 40 years: goes up and down. Where"s most of the money being spend: hospitals 30, drugs 15, physicians 16% Provinces health spending/person varies by ,370: rural more expensive. Where does the money come from: 71% from public, 29% from insurance, out of pocket. Canada"s/person spending more than half of what is spent on health care in us, higher than oecd average.
