Term
| health care financed by two key sources |
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Definition
out of pocket (complete or cost sharing)
health insurance (public or private) |
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Term
| how are public insurance funded |
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Definition
insurance premiums - individuals pay a regular premiums into public insurance fund to receive benefits
- taxation (usual case) |
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Term
| public/private financing/delivery. where are we situated? |
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Definition
public financed but privately delivered
not exact fit since private delivery etc physicians/hospitals are financed by governments, thus they have some power over delivery |
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Definition
Canada Health Transfer - federal contribution to health care
(Used to be Canada Health and Social Transfer)
involves
1. tax point transfer
2. cash transfer
equal per capita amount across provinces |
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Term
| CHT --> Health Reform Fund; what is it and what are the priority areas? |
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Definition
it's money from federal government for the purpose of health reforms, focus on:
- catastrophic drug coverage
- primary care
- home care
it's integrated to CHT since 2006 |
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Term
| proposed solution to fragmented coverage in prescription drugs |
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Definition
social insurance
pros:
1. mend the fragmentation across provinces
2. would not have to replace or overhaul current system
3. payments are proportionally with income
examples:
- some UK countries (independent from government)
- Quebecs (government sponsored)
Cons: fundings |
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