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In this first paper of a two-part Series on Canada's health system and global health leadership, 7 we analyse the unique history and features of the Canadian health-care system and consider the key factors challenging domestic policy makers and the system's potential to be a model for the world.
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Access to health care based on need rather than ability to...
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Access to health care based on need rather than ability to...
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Population-based data from two national health surveys, the...
- Canada's Global Health Role
The role of Canada in global health is inextricably linked...
- Providing Health Care to Medically Uninsured Immigrants and Refugees
Global migration has produced some 17 million “people of...
- Does Equity in Healthcare Use Vary Across Canadian Provinces
While equal access to care is a major objective of the...
- Triple Aim in Canada
Introduction ‘Triple Aim’ (TA) is the simultaneous pursuit...
- Decentralised Health Care in Canada
Although the Canada Health Act requires public...
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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- A Brief History of Healthcare in Canada
- Provincial Investments in Healthcare
- Current Status
- Conclusion
The British North America Act of 1867 assigns taxation authority mainly in the federal government sphere, while management of Canada’s healthcare systems remains under the provincial and territorial governments’ purview. The inevitable result of such an arrangement is the constant bargaining among government levels about the fiscal, social, and mor...
Canada’s healthcare system is a collection of plans administered by the ten provinces and three territories. Each plan differs from the others in some respects but is similarly structured to meet federal funding conditions. These conditions are outlined in the Canada Health Act, 1984, the legislation that guides healthcare service in Canada. The de...
The Division of Responsibilities The fundamental legislation outlining Canadian federal and provincial government responsibilities, theBritish North America Act of 1867 (BNA Act), gives little attention to health matters. The Act gives the federal government the responsibility of establishing and maintaining marine hospitals, caring for Indigenous ...
In 1939, the Government of Saskatchewan introduced the Municipal Medical and Hospital Services Act, permitting municipalities to charge either a land tax or a personal tax to finance hospital and medical services. In 1947, under Premier Tommy Douglas, the Hospital Insurance Actwas passed in Saskatchewan. This Act provided residents of Saskatchewan ...
Scholars, politicians, medical professionals and citizens continue to work to ensure adequate access to medical care across Canada. However, unmet health care needs remain prevalent in Canada’s universal healthcare system. Unmet health care needs are the “difference between healthcare services deemed necessary to address a particular health problem...
As the British North America Act did not specifically mention healthcare, Canada does not have a national healthcare system. Instead, the healthcare system is comprised of thirteen decentralized provincial and territorial systems with variations in coverage between the regions. The federal government sought to correct these variations by passing th...
Dec 15, 2022 · Epidemics, pandemics and diseases in Canada . Global COVID-19 Death Toll Tops Five Million. Less than two years after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan, China, the global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 5 million.
In this guide, educators share how they teach health care history in the classroom, including advice, online resources, books, and lesson plans.
Feb 7, 2006 · The theory and practice of medicine in Canada changed significantly from the 16th to the 20th century, with important developments in medical education and regulation, understanding of anatomy and disease, public health and immunization, and pharmacology.
Dec 22, 2021 · During the first half of the 20th century, poliomyelitis, a.k.a. polio or “The Crippler,” hit Canada harder than anywhere else. Successive polio epidemics peaked in a national crisis in 1953. The public health , medical and research communities worked very hard to understand polio and how it could be prevented.
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Dec 1, 2018 · In the Lancet Series on Canada's global health role (April 28, p 1736), 1 Stephanie A Nixon and colleagues perpetuate liberal myths about Canadian nation-building and foreign policy, proffering an uncritical historical assessment of the country's global health involvement.
