The Provincial Health Care Index Is Focused on Measuring and Reporting

question 22

Multiple Choice

The provincial health care index is focused on measuring and reporting the best value for health care monies spent in Canada and in the individual provinces. Which statement best describes how this is measured? The nurse knows that, in order to measure overall cost and value for money,

• A) a comparison of health care services and health expenditures related to those services is done for each province.
• B) a comparison of per-capita cost of provincial health care to the per-capita availability of, use of, access to, and clinical performance of, medical goods and services in each province is done.
• C) a list and index is made of health care services that are available and used.
• D) a list and index is made of the health care expenditures paid out for services used.

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