PHRM 100 Lecture 16: PPHC 16
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Pphc 16: health/ healthcare- how do we pay/ how much do we spend on the canadian health care. Lo: describe the sources of finance for health care in bc as an exemplar for canada, and how this is distributed within the province. The provincial government receives ~38 bn from a mix of taxation (19bn), federal government (7bn), fees/ licenses (5bn), etc: bc spends this on administration, agriculture, aboriginal relations, environment, education, Health, etc: bc government determines how much to spend on health. Ottawa allocates support to provinces via major transfer. In 2018/ 19 bc received bn (71% for canada health transfer and 29% for canada social transfer i. e. , education) Allocation on per capita basis (number of people) Bc ministry of health= steward of bc health care responsible for setting direction, funding different parts of the system, monitoring results. Allocation to health authorities within bc is based on:
