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Test Bank for Chapter 2: the Canadian
health care delivery system4th Edition
by Valerie D. Thompson

Accessibility - ANSInsures residents have readonable access to health care facilities and
providers. (Additional charges for insured services not provided)

Acute care - ANSHealth care deliverwd for a short time (usually days to weeks, typically < 3
months) in which an immediate health problem is diagnosed, treated, or both

Adult day support programs - ANSContinuous health care is provided for specific clients (e.g.
Those with dementia, thise needing physical rehabilitation/counselling, or with chemical
dependency) and its associated with a hospital, long term care facility, or exists independently

Assisted living facilities - ANSCommunity based residential facilities where adults live and
recieve a range of support services, including personalized assistance in achieving optimal
independance

Comprehensiveness - ANSCovers all medically necessary hospital and physician services as
the province or territory permits, services of other health care practicioners. Palette of publicly
funded dervices for each province and territory varies, which is controversial

Continuity of care - ANSseparate and discrete elements of care are connected and those
elements of care endure over time are maintained and supported.

E-health - ANSa way to promote health and well being by using the power of information
management and communication technology.

Electronic health records (EHRs) - ANSan electronic version of a patients medical history, that is
maintained by the provider over time, and may include all of the key administrative clinical data
relevant to that persons care

Evidence informed practice - ANSA critical decision making and an influential influential strategy
for nurses to improves patient outcomes

Health promotion - ANSEnabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health

Home care - ANSThe provision of health care services and epuipment to clients and families in
their homes

, Hospice - ANSA family centred care system thst enables a person to live in comfort, with
independence and dignity, while living with a life-ending illness

Inpatient - ANSa patient who stays in a hospital while under treatment

Levels of health care - ANSFive levels:

1.promotive
2.preventive
3.curative (diagnosis & treatment)
4.rehabilitative
5.supportive

Medicare - ANSA key component of canadas social safety net that is a provision of hospital and
medical insurance and is funded by general taxation. Provides prepaid access to medically
necessary hospital and physician seevices to all citizens and permanent residents

M-health - ANSRemote monitoring supports information based, near real time heslth care by
using wireless electronic capacities to link medical providers to patients using instruments who
are not located with the providers

Nursing informatics - ANSArea of nursing that nursing, its information and knowledge and their
management with information and communications technologies to improve the health of
people, families, and communities worldwide

Outpatients - ANSa patient who receives medical treatment without being admitted to a hospital.

Palliative care - ANSServes people living with progressive, life threatening illnesses, or
conditions. Addresses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of the patient and family

Parish nursing - ANSNurses promote the integration of faith and health in a variety of ways that
reflect the context of the faith community

Portability - ANSInsured residents can access health care services in another province or
territory without cost or penalty. Personal coverage must be maintained when an insured person
moves or travels within canada or travels outside of canada

Primary care - ANSFocused on personal heslth services

Primary health care - ANSExtends beyond PC to include heslth education , nutrition, maternal
and child heslth care, family planning, immunizations, and control of locally endemic diseases

What does primary health care do? - ANS-prevents people from becoming ill or injured

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