Nova Scotia: A Health System Profile
© 2018
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.
Product Details
- Series: Provincial and Territorial Health System Profiles
- World Rights
- Page Count: 264 pages
- Dimensions: 5.9in x 0.8in x 8.9in
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Author Information
Katherine Fierlbeck is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University. -
Table of contents
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
1.2 Political context
1.3 Economic context
1.4 Health status of the population
1.5 Summary2 Organization and Regulation
2.1 Overview and history
2.2 Organization of the provincial health system2.2.1 The Nova Scotia Health Authority
2.2.2 Contractors (private not-for-profit)
2.2.3 Contractors (private for-profit)2.3 Health system planning
2.4 Coverage and benefits2.4.1 Eligibility for publicly insured 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 information2.6 Patients
2.7 Summary3 Health Spending and Financing
3.1 Health expenditure and trends
3.2 Public revenue
3.3 Public financing flows
3.4 Summary4 Physical Infrastructure
4.1 Hospitals and other treatment facilities
4.2 Long-term care facilities
4.3 Diagnostic facilities4.3.1 Laboratory services
4.3.2 Diagnostic imaging4.4 Public health facilities
4.5 Information and communications technology infrastructure4.5.1 Core electronic information systems
4.5.2 Specialized electronic information systems4.6 Research and evaluation infrastructure
4.7 Summary5 Health Human Resources
5.1 Main workforce challenges
5.2 Physicians
5.3 Nurses
5.4 Other health care professionals5.4.1 Paramedics
5.4.2 Pharmacists
5.4.3 Midwives
5.4.4 Medical laboratory technologists
5.4.5 Clinical assistants
5.4.6 Home care workers5.5 HHR planning in Nova Scotia
5.6 Summary6 Service and Program Provision
6.1 Public health
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 services6.9.1 First Nations
6.9.2 African Nova Scotians
6.9.3 Acadian Nova Scotians6.10 Palliative care
6.11 Assisted reproduction
6.12 Summary7 Recent Health Reforms
7.1 The consolidation of district health authorities and the creation of the Nova Scotia Health Authority
7.2 The reorganization of the Department of Health and Wellness
7.3 Summary8 Assessment of the Health System
8.1 The province’s strategic goals
8.1.1 Resource stewardship
8.1.2 Health of the population
8.1.3 Appropriate, good-quality care
8.1.4 Health system workforce8.2 Equity in financing the health care system
8.3 Equity of access
8.4 Outcomes8.4.1 Comparative outcomes
8.4.2 Chronological outcomes
8.4.3 Measuring and evaluating outcomes
8.4.4 User experience and satisfaction8.5 Efficiency
8.6 Transparency and accountability
8.7 Summary9 Conclusion
Appendix: Laws on Health and Health Care in Nova Scotia
References
Index
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Subjects and Courses
health and medicine \ health \ health policy
health and medicine \ health
health and medicine \ medicine
health and medicine
political science \ canadian politics \ provincial politics
political science \ canadian politics \ public policy and administration
political science \ canadian politics \ social policy
political science \ canadian politics