Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canada Health Transfer, Health Care, Public Health

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Lecture 4 - development of national health insurance. Interlocking system across provinces and territories: regional differences in the way health care services are organized and funded. Note: medicare means something different in the us than it does in canada. Policy = a course of action that guides decision making: policies are never neutral; always reflect interests or values or priorities; can be good or bad, things that a health policy does: Make some health issues more important than others. Financial resources are a large part of this. Articulates the commitment of the gmt to the health of the citizens. Responsibility that the gov expresses towards its citizens (health as a human right etc) By looking at health policy we can actually glean the broader social values of a. Note that there is also the influence of resource allocation in the state of health policy; not just values.