http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/care/index.htmlCanada’s health care system has been a work in progress since its inception. Reforms have been made over the past four decades and will continue in response to changes within medicine and throughout society. The basics, however, remain the same - universal coverage for medically necessary health care services provided on the basis of need, rather than the ability to pay.
Canada’s publicly funded health care system is best described as an interlocking set of ten provincial and three territorial health insurance plans. Known to Canadians as ”medicare”, the system provides access to universal, comprehensive coverage for medically necessary hospital and physician services.
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Federal Role in Health
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Collaboration
Provincial/Territorial Role in Health Care
Resources
Reports
Federal Role in Health
The federal government, the ten provinces, and the three territories have key roles to play in the health care system in Canada. The federal government is responsible for:
setting and administering national principles for the health care system through the Canada Health Act;
assisting in the financing of provincial/territorial health care services through fiscal transfers;
delivering health care services to specific groups (e.g. First Nations and Inuit and veterans), and
providing other health-related functions such as public health and health protection programs and health research.
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Collaboration
Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments collaborate on various health care policy and programming issues.
The key vehicle for strengthening partnership and collaboration is the annual Conference of Ministers of Health where Canada’s ministers of Health discuss a broad range of issues. Ministers of Health are supported by the Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health which holds regular conferences and meetings.
In addition, four advisory committees comprised of senior officials discuss health care issues on an ongoing basis and provide advice directly to deputy ministers. These committees are the:
Advisory Committee on Governance and Accountability
Advisory Committee on Health Delivery and Human Resources
Advisory Committee on Information and Emerging Technologies, and
Advisory Committee on Population Health and Health Security
Provincial/Territorial Role in Health Care
The administration and delivery of health care services is the responsibility of each province or territory, guided by the provisions of the Canada Health Act. The provinces and territories fund these services with assistance from the federal government in the form of fiscal transfers.
Health care services include insured primary health care (such as the services of physicians and other health professionals) and care in hospitals, which account for the majority of provincial and territorial health expenditures.
The provinces and territories also provide some groups with supplementary health benefits not covered by the Act, such as prescription drug coverage. The level and scope of coverage for supplementary benefits varies between jurisdictions.
Provincial/Territorial Health Insurance Card Links
Provincial/Territorial Ministries of Health
Resources
Health Care Accord 2003 On February 5, 2003, Canada’s First Ministers reached an historic agreement with an action plan for change to renew and sustain public health care for Canadians.
First Ministers Meeting: Communiqué on Health (2000)
Factsheets on Health Care
eHealth Resource Centre is a gateway to information resources on the use of information and communications technologies in health.
Primary Health Care Transition Fund (PHCTF) An $800 million fund that will support provinces and territories in their efforts, over the next four years, to improve the delivery of primary health care.
Reports
Canada Health Act Annual Report - A report prepared for the federal Minister of Health, Parliament, and Canadians on provincial and territorial health care insurance plans, and their compliance with the requirements of the Canada Health Act.
Annual Reports for the years 1998-99 through 2002-03
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada - Final Report
Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada (2002)
Patient Safety and Healthcare Error in the Canadian Healthcare System - A Systematic Review and Analysis of Leading Practices in Canada with Reference to Key Initiatives Elsewhere
Governments and Patient Safety in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States
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