HTHSCI 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Health Care In Canada, Marc Lalonde, Health System
24 Sep 2018
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Hth sci 2rr3: doctors are private contractors not employed by the government. Federal: most of canada"s system is publicly financed, deliver care to certain groups , establish the rules under which health care is delivered, help finance it. 09/18/17: military veterans and current personnel, indigenous people, rcmp (federal police force, inmates in federal prisons, visiting diplomats, people visiting from other countries (refugees, etc. ) 09/18/17: the system was set up so that we would cure people when they got sick, not health care, sick care, this mentality takes so much more money, better to spend money on preventative measures. *the first time: biological factors, lifestyle, environment, health care system. Other countries took a page from canada"s book: created better health care worldwide. In canada it gave rise to health promotion programs: try to get people to get healthy, ontario- participaction. History continued: 1979- another report looking at health services in the country by emmett.
