Canada's Health Care System
Principles
Universality: all Canadians should be covered
Comprehensiveness:
Accessibility:
Public Administration:
Portability:
Canada's health care system is primarily "private practice, public payment"
Most provinces own hospitals, nursing homes, long term care, mental health, and public health.
Canada struggles with wait times and access to technology.
Spending
In 2007, 4800 per person, 9500 for seniors, 21000 for those over 85
CIHI health care expenditures database 2007
- 28% hospitals
- 13% physicians
- 17% drugs
- 11% other HCPs
We have a 70% publically funded health care system, making us one of the privately funded OECD countries
- 39% of medications (the most rapidly growing
- 5% of dental costs
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Mix
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Public
Private
Changing Populations
Increasingly diverse
more conversant in health
We produce many fewer health care providers than other countries, and many are getting set to retire.
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