Canadian Health Care System & Interprofessional Practice

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts from the lecture on the Canadian health care system and interprofessional practice.

Canada Health Act

Legislation that ensures reasonable access to medically necessary insured health services for Canadian residents without direct charges.

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Non-medical factors that influence health outcomes, including conditions where people are born, grow, work, live, and age.

Interprofessional Collaboration

A practice model where various health care providers work together with patients and communities to deliver integrated high-quality care.

Medical Approach to Health Care

Focus on curing diseases and medical interventions, emphasizing hospital care and little prevention.

Behavioural Approach to Health Care

Recognizes individual responsibility for health and includes lifestyle and personal health choices in health care policies.

Socio-environmental Approach to Health Care

Emphasizes the social context and environment's role in health, acknowledging that health is self-defined.

Primary Health Care Reform

A shift towards team-based care, health promotion, prevention, and the use of telemedicine.

Five Pillars of Canada Health Act

Public administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, Accessibility.

Health Promotion

The process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health, incorporating aspects like education and policy.

Crisis of Health Care Access

The challenges faced when patients have to pay out of pocket for essential health services, conflicting with universal health care principles.

List key examples of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH).

Income and social status, education, employment and working conditions, food security, housing, Indigenous status, gender, race, disability, and access to health services.

Beyond ensuring reasonable access, what is a core broader objective of the Canada Health Act?

To protect, promote, and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada.

Describe the primary division of responsibilities for health care between the federal and provincial/territorial governments in Canada.

The federal government sets national standards and provides funding, while provincial/territorial governments are primarily responsible for administering and delivering health services.