HLTA03H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canada Health Act, Pest Control
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Health care is to provide coverage for medically necessary healthcare services, and to provide care on basis of need as opposed to money. Federal govt: sets and administers the canada health act, it acts as a focal point for disease prevention and control. The federal govt is responsible for those ads on public trains and so on- they tell us stuff. These guys are exceptions: eligible veterans, inmates in federal penitentiaries. Sole purchasers of medical and hospital services. But since medicare"s inception, various cost-sharing schemes have been in place between the provinces and the federal government. Physicians send claims for payment to provincial health insurance plans. Provincial and territorial governments deliver most of canada"s health services, provide medically necessary hospitals and medical care free of charge, and provide services to workers injured on jobs. Final exam will be largely lecture based; but some from book too. Comparison of health expenditures: canada, us, uk, sweden:
