Health Administration 339: Organization of the Canadian Health Care System is a three-credit course designed to introduce the components of the Canadian health care system: patients, health care workers, facilities, and the policies and laws that tie them together.
The assigned article by Nair and Karim discusses health care in and the health care systems of several nations. The following website provides demographic and other health information on over 30 countries, including those discussed by Nair and Karim. You may wish to consult the tables identified below to note trends over time. |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD Health Data 2010 – Frequently Requested Data, Retrieved June 28, 2011.
Under the "List of key indicators", scroll down to "Health". Click “Download this Excel file” besides whatever item you want to download to open a file containing data tables. In the file, click the names of the tables you wish to explore, or tab through the worksheets. See especially Life expectancy at birth, total population Infant mortality rate, deaths per 1000 live births Practising physicians, density per 1000 population Curative (acute) care beds, density per 1000 population Average length of stay for acute care, all conditions, days Total expenditure on health, % of GDP Public expenditure on health, % of total expenditure on health Pharmaceutical expenditure, % of expenditure on health Tobacco consumption, % of adult population who are daily smokers |
See also the section of this Digital Reading Room titled “General Resources” that follows Unit 9 of this list. |
Note that summaries of the reports identified below are assigned readings in Unit 2. Students may find it useful to review the full reports. |
Stewart, D., Tate, R., Finlayson, G., MacWilliams, L. & Roos, N. (2002). Projecting hospital bed needs for 2020. Winnipeg: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba. Retrieved July 5, 2005. |
Frohlich, N., De Coster, C. & Dik, N. (2002). Estimating personal care home bed requirements. Winnipeg: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba. Retrieved July 5, 2005. |
The assigned readings for Unit 2 contain excerpts from the report by the National Advisory Committee on SARS and public health. The full report is identified below. |
National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. (2003). Learning from SARS—Renewal of public health in Canada. Ottawa: National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. Retrieved July 5, 2005. |
The readings for Unit 3 provide statistics on some demographic indicators available from Statistics Canada. More recent statistics may be available through the Web site identified below. Type your query into the search engine, or use the “Browse by subject” category at the top right on the main page (or in the left-hand navigation bar on some other pages). |
Statistics Canada. (n.d.). English home page. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. Retrieved July 5, 2005. |
The Canadian Cancer Society provides information about cancer incidence, treatments, research, etc., through the Web site identified below. |
Canadian Cancer Society. (2002-2004). Home page. Toronto: Canadian Cancer Society. Retrieved July 5, 2005. |
Please see the items listed in the section titled “General Resources” that follows Unit 9 of this list. |
Please see the items listed in the section titled “General Resources” that follows Unit 9 of this list. |
Please see the items listed in the section titled “General Resources” that follows Unit 9 of this list. |
Please see the items listed in the section titled “General Resources” that follows Unit 9 of this list. |
Please see the items listed in the section titled “General Resources” that follows Unit 9 of this list. |