The Canadian Health Care System

In my country, there is no specific health care system which works at each level. But, after reviewing various resources and search websites I have identified that Canadian health care system works at different levels. It has been discussed below.

Municipal:

Details: The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is the national association of municipal governments in Canada. Over 1200 members are there which includes largest cities, small urban and rural communities and the major provincial and territorial municipal associations.

Mission: Their mission is to improve quality of life in all communities by promoting strong, effective, and accountable municipal government.

Provincial:

Members: With a few exceptions, all citizens from different

On the other hand, private health insurance plans are also available as part of employee benefit packages which includes vision and dental care facilities.

Responsibilities: The provincial and territorial governments are responsible for the management, organization and delivery of health care services for their residents.

Scope: They want to provide preventative care and medical treatments from primary care physicians as well as access to hospitals, dental surgery and additional medical services.

There are five main principles in the Canada Health Act:

• Public Administration: All administration of provincial health insurance must be carried out by a public authority on a non-profit basis. They also must be accountable to the province or territory, and their records and accounts are subject to audits.

• Comprehensiveness: All necessary health services, including hospitals, physicians and surgical dentists, must be insured.

• Universality: All insured residents are entitled to the same level of health care.

• Portability: A resident that moves to a different province or territory is still entitled to coverage from their home province during a minimum waiting period. This also applies to residents which leave the

• Providing funding support for provincial and territorial health care services

• Providing other health- related functions

Funding: The federal government provides health care funding to the provinces and territories through the Canada Health Transfer. The federal government also supports health research, health promotion and protection, disease monitoring and prevention. At the national level, several nonprofit organizations wish to improve governance by monitoring and reporting on health system performance; disseminating best practice in patient safety (the Canadian Patient Safety Institute); providing information to the public on health care , providing funding and support for provincial health information systems.

International:

Canada comes in one of the countries where health considers the basic necessities of life. Government is spending money and working with World Health Organization in primary health care to improve quality of life. Moreover, it boosts one of the highest life expectancies (about 80yrs) and lowest infant mortality rates. With WHO, they are working on reduction of non-communicable diseases for which they made operational policies, strategies or action plan to reduce the burden and harmful effects of alcohol, to promote healthy diet, to promote physical health