[Article] Cost Of BC Public Home Supports
Canadians are justifiably proud to live in a country that believes in equality and in the value of a free and accessible health care system. Although this system is strained for capacity, we should still be proud of our goals and what we have achieved. Despite this, there are clearly some issues when it comes to the limits of what can be provided in public health care.
One of the first questions when trying to define these limits is the question of what actually constitutes health care? Clearly, a surgery or a visit to a family doctor is health care. Just as clearly, a golf round or dinner out at a fine dining restaurant are not health care. The questions then come up as we get closer and closer to the edges of “what is health care?”: If fine dining isn’t health care, what about just dining? What about basic food? A meal in a hospital isn’t fine dining, but it’s considered part of health care costs (and paid for by the government), but a meal for someone sick at home is not.
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Dr. Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP(PC)
Chief Medical Officer @ Gravitii.care
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Faculty of Medicine
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By
Gravitii Technologies | Dr. Kevin Wade
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Published
Sep 11, 2024
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Subject Area
- Caregiving & Caregiver Support
- Home Support
- Technology
- Ageism
- General Health and Wellness
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- Service Providers (Non-profits, Community Organizations, Local government)
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- Government
- Health Authorities
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- Evidence-based & emerging practices
- Research & Evidence
- Better at Home Resources