Pols 403 Self-test Quiz: Final Exam Romanow Report
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Which of the following summaries would best fit the Romanow Report?
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Future Canadian public health care sustainability will not be ensured with better management
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Long term and regular increased federal funding to the provinces is required to ensure sustainability
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Free market solutions to health care funding problems should be further explored
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All of the above
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None of the above
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The questions on this quiz are based on the Romanow Report from after the midterm to the final exam.
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Romanow’s call for a national Health Council of Canada is an example of:
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Reform liberalism
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The constitutional division of powers
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Executive federalism
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Technocracy
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Factions
Correct Answer
A. Executive federalism -
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Romanow’s suggestions to reduce waiting times and waiting lists do not include:
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More effective administration
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Schedule guarantees
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Prohibiting private clinics from perform medically insured services
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More funding
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All of the above are suggestions from the Romanow Report when it comes to waiting
Correct Answer
A. Schedule guarantees -
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Which of the following is not a recommendation from the Romanow Report?
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A Health Council of Canada
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Medical savings accounts
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Catastrophic drug funding
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Electronic health records
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All of the above are recommendations from the Romanow Report
Correct Answer
A. Medical savings accounts -
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Romanow calls for adding a sixth principle, accountability, to the Canada Health Act. To do this,
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The federal government would be required to amend the Canada Health Act
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The provincial governments would be required to amend the Canada Health Act
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Canada’s Constitution would have to be amended
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Provincial and territorial governments would have to agree
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Seven out of ten provinces representing half of Canada's population would have to approve any such change
Correct Answer
A. The federal government would be required to amend the Canada Health Act -
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Romanow wrote that, “The debate [over wait lists] has become clouded by contradictory evidence and conflicting claims.” According to him, this is because:
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Canada has a federal system of government
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The division of powers equally splits health care into federal and provincial jurisdiction
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Wait lists are managed with reference to the practices of other countries
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There are too many pluralist demands to government
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Care guarantees are not working at all
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A. Canada has a federal system of government -
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Which of the following is not a recommendation from the Romanow Report?
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Integrate prescription drugs into the health care system
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Care guarantees
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Modernize the Canada Health Act
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Add the principle of ‘accountability’ to the Canada Health Act
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All of the above are Romanow Report recommendations
Correct Answer
A. Care guarantees -
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