Deck 3: Health Policy and the Delivery System

Question 1

Which of the following additions to a community best demonstrates the principles outlined in the Canada Health Act?

A) New cardiothoracic intensive care unit (ICU) at a major hospital
B) New rehabilitation centre
C) New primary health care centre
D) New children's hospital

Answer 1

New primary health care centre

Question 2

Which of the following best describes health inequities?

A) Health inequities are individual differences in access to care based on the type of health insurance plan a person has.
B) Health inequities involve unequal geographical distribution of health services.
C) Health inequities are a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, or environmental disadvantage, or all three.
D) Health inequities means access only to health services that are linked to the services offered by hospitals and health service providers.

Answer 2

Health inequities are a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, or environmental disadvantage, or all three.

Question 3

In order to comply with the Canada Health Act, health insurance coverage offered by provincial and territorial governments must include which of the following features?

A) Low deductibles and low out-of-pocket costs
B) Access to hospital care, emergency care, mental health, chronic disease care, and preventive health care
C) Dental coverage
D) Uniform monthly premiums for all persons

Answer 3

Access to hospital care, emergency care, mental health, chronic disease care, and preventive health care

Question 4

The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada (VON Canada) was started by:

A) Lillian Wald
B) Lady Aberdeen
C) Queen Victoria
D) The Augustine nuns

Question 5

Which of the following factors result in hospitals having less time to offer health promotion education to individuals? (Select all that apply.)

A) Changes in hospital care and use of hospitalists
B) Increased use of outpatient services and shorter inpatient stays
C) Increased time caring for chronic illness versus acute illness
D) Workforce shortages of nurses.