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Nova Scotia
A Health System Profile
Katherine Fierlbeck (Author)
9781487522148
Paperback / softback, published 29 May 2018
264 pages
22.6 x 15 x 2 cm, 0.4 kg
Despite notable variation in health care policy from province to province, most scholarship published on the health care system in Canada uses a broad national perspective. Focusing on the health care systems of individual Canadian provinces and territories, our new series, Health System Profiles, examines the social, political, economic, and epidemiological context of health care policy in each Canadian province. Turning a critical eye to the health care system in Nova Scotia, author Katherine Fierlbeck outlines the organizational and regulatory frameworks structuring provincial health care, while providing a detailed assessment of Nova Scotia’s health financing, physical infrastructure, service provision, and the efficacy of technological resources used in data tracking and health quality assessments. Structured for ease of comparison, Nova Scotia: A Health System Profile will, along with other volumes in the series, help scholars draw analytic evidence-based policy conclusions about the health system of Nova Scotia and other Canadian provinces and territories.
List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes Series Editor’s Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments List of Acronym 1 Introduction and Overview 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 2 Organization and Regulation 2.1 Overview and history 2.2.1 The Nova Scotia Health Authority 2.3 Health system planning 2.4.1 Eligibility for publicly insured benefits 2.6 Patients 3 Health Spending and Financing 3.1 Health expenditure and trends 4 Physical Infrastructure 4.1 Hospitals and other treatment facilities 4.3.1 Laboratory services 4.4 Public health facilities 4.5.1 Core electronic information systems 4.6 Research and evaluation infrastructure 5 Health Human Resources 5.1 Main workforce challenges 5.4.1 Paramedics 5.5 HHR planning in Nova Scotia 6 Service and Program Provision 6.1 Public health 6.9.1 First Nations 6.10 Palliative care 7 Recent Health Reforms 7.1 The consolidation of district health authorities and the creation of the Nova Scotia Health Authority 8 Assessment of the Health System 8.1 The province’s strategic goals 8.1.1 Resource stewardship 8.2 Equity in financing the health care system 8.4.1 Comparative outcomes 8.5 Efficiency 9 Conclusion Appendix: Laws on Health and Health Care in Nova Scotia References Index
1.2 Political context
1.3 Economic context
1.4 Health status of the population
1.5 Summary
2.2 Organization of the provincial health system
2.2.2 Contractors (private not-for-profit)
2.2.3 Contractors (private for-profit)
2.4 Coverage and benefits
2.4.2 Benefits (universal)
2.4.3 Targeted benefits for nonmedical services
2.5 Regulation
2.5.1 Providers
2.5.2 Facilities
2.5.3 Prescription drugs
2.5.4 Patient health information
2.7 Summary
3.2 Public revenue
3.3 Public financing flows
3.4 Summary
4.2 Long-term care facilities
4.3 Diagnostic facilities
4.3.2 Diagnostic imaging
4.5 Information and communications technology infrastructure
4.5.2 Specialized electronic information systems
4.7 Summary
5.2 Physicians
5.3 Nurses
5.4 Other health care professionals
5.4.2 Pharmacists
5.4.3 Midwives
5.4.4 Medical laboratory technologists
5.4.5 Clinical assistants
5.4.6 Home care workers
5.6 Summary
6.2 Primary care
6.3 Acute care
6.4 Long-term care
6.5 Prescription drugs
6.6 Workers’ Compensation Board programs
6.7 Mental health care
6.8 Dental health care
6.9 Targeted services
6.9.2 African Nova Scotians
6.9.3 Acadian Nova Scotians
6.11 Assisted reproduction
6.12 Summary
7.2 The reorganization of the Department of Health and Wellness
7.3 Summary
8.1.2 Health of the population
8.1.3 Appropriate, good-quality care
8.1.4 Health system workforce
8.3 Equity of access
8.4 Outcomes
8.4.2 Chronological outcomes
8.4.3 Measuring and evaluating outcomes
8.4.4 User experience and satisfaction
8.6 Transparency and accountability
8.7 Summary