HSCI 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Health Human Resources, Prescription Drug
24 Jan 2018
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Other health professions were not affected by the budgetary constraints of f/p/t government in the early to mid-1990s. Dental care is largely private in canada - not affected by public-sector expenditure cutting. Prescription drugs are a mixed sector subject to both public and private coverage - insulated to a limited degree by public budget cutting. The more salient factor affecting the number of pharmacists has been the rapid increase in drug utilization during the past two decades - steady growth. Significant variation in the density of the health professions among provinces and territories. Nt and nunavut: higher rn (registered nurse) density than canadian average; lower physician density. Rely heavily on nurse-based primary care rather than on family physicians. Dental professions tend to concentrate in the four most urbanized provinces: ontario, Physicians are highly mobile in canada and the competition for physicians among and within. P/t health system has been intense since the late 1990s.
