Deck 17: Our System of Health Care

Question 1

Locate news reports over the past year that provide evidence of decreasing hospital beds, admission rates, and lengths of hospital stay. What critiques are found in the news articles and what strategies or solutions are being offered?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

Select three of the broad determinants of health in the Canadian context that were identified at the 2002 York University conference and find two research articles in which each of the three determinants you chose are explored in relation to a specific population group.

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Explain reasons why one provincial Health Council concluded that "...some groups, in particular the poor, immigrants, rural residents, and Aboriginals, face greater difficulties in getting care"

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Locate some examples of research connected to health care, in which the inquiry is informed by interpretive paradigms, including narrative therapy.

Question 5

Find and summarize three research articles in which a social justice framework appears to have been adopted by an organization, resulting in benefits such as "pride of leadership, higher levels of positive patient outcomes, a more satisfied workforces that feels positive about their work, or being an exemplar of best practices".

Question 6

What are the five overarching principles of Universal health care in Canada?

Question 7

What is included in the system of health care service delivery?

Question 8

What were specific concerns noted by members of the 2001-2002 Commission, with regard to the current health system?

Question 9

What recommendations for health care reform grew from the First Ministers meeting in 2004?

Question 10

Explain the social determinants of health as described by people attending a World Health Organization assembly.

Question 11

What are some social, health or education-related problems that Canadian children who live in poverty are more likely to experience?

Question 12

Who was identified as the greatest Canadian of all time in a recent survey?

A) Pierre Trudeau
B) Terry Fox
C) Roy Romanow
D) Tommy Douglas

Question 13

What is the name of the Commission appointed in 2001-02 to advise the federal government on how to ensure access to sustainable, timely, affordable, and quality health care for all Canadians?

A) The Douglas Commission
B) The Fox Commission
C) The Romanow Commission
D) The Chretien Commission

Question 14

One reason why it is challenging to be able to provide adequate health services for children and families in Canada today is:

A) Charitable donations by individuals for this purpose are negligible
B) Federal governments want to provide attractive investment conditions for businesses
C) Societies and Associations representing specific medical problems and conditions are disappearing
D) Fewer students are going into medical research as a career option.

Question 15

Acupuncture, Massage, therapeutic touch, and traditional Chinese medicines are known as:

A) Para-scientific approaches
B) Complementary and alternative therapies
C) Naturopathic Homeotherapy
D) Wholistic health models

Question 16

How much higher is the suicide rate among First Nations youth than the national average?

A) 2-3 times higher
B) 3-4 times higher
C) 4-5 times higher
D) 5-6 times higher

Question 17

How many times more important are living conditions, compared to health care, as predictors of health outcomes?

A) 1-2 times higher
B) 2-3 times higher
C) 3-4 times higher
D) 4-5 times higher

Question 18

Which population group reportedly has difficulty accessing health care services more often?

A) Infants
B) Younger persons
C) Middle-aged persons
D) Older adults

Question 19

Who are nearly two and a half times more likely to report difficulties trying to obtain care for minor health problems in Canada?

A) People living in Canada for less than five years
B) People who leave the country each winter for vacations
C) People who have moved to Canada between five and ten years ago
D) People who change communities of residence often due to career moves

Question 20

Multidisciplinary care has given way to the following, which emphasizes collaboration across disciplines along with attunement to scopes of practice and mutual decision-making:

A) Interagency care
B) Interprofessional care
C) Interdisciplinary care
D) Interparadigmic care

Question 21

When the Canada Assistance Plan become the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996, the availability of some services become limited.

Question 22

The complex system of care provided by health care teams today is primarily privately funded.

Question 23

Health status, as indicated by life expectancy, has reportedly deteriorated over the last decade.

Question 24

Canada's health care system has, to date, managed to avoid the effects of a worldwide move toward philosophies that extol the virtues of small governments, low taxes, and fewer programs and services.

Question 25

Epidemiologists and social scientists have begun to uncover important connections between social and environmental factors and health.

Question 26

Tuberculosis rates among First Nations and Inuit populations are 6-11 times higher than rates for other Canadians.

Question 27

Suicide is the single greatest cause of injury-related deaths among Aboriginal peoples.

Question 28

The continuing rise of government expenditures for health is unsustainable.

Question 29

An empirical link has been demonstrated between a government's political ideology and the health of its citizens.

Question 30

Decisions about how resources are allocated within institutions and agencies reflect the priorities of the governments.