Chapter
Health Care Delivery System: Canada
Abstract
Abstract Canada's health care delivery system is a set of loosely coordinated provincial and territorial systems of hospital and medical care insurance. The means by which the provincial and territorial health‐care systems are coordinated is through a series of joint financing initiatives with the federal government. The principles of health‐care in Canada include universality, accessibility, comprehensiveness, portability, and public …
Authors
Bourgeault IL
Book title
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society
Pagination
pp. 1-5
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs423.pub2