CHAPTER 8

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1. "Health care" refers to

the prevention of disease or injury.
support needed for people to maintain optimum health.
treatment of acute illness that occurs in a hospital or physician's office.
management of chronic illness through professional services.

2. The medical model focuses on the

prevention of illness and self-care.
treatment of diseases and injuries.
physiological basis of disease.
psychological effects of injury.

3. Which of the following is not a principal of the Canadian health care system described by the Canada Health Act of 1984?

access to services
portability
affordability
comprehensive services

4. Doctors control health care expenses through their

treatments and equipment use.
choice of patients.
fees and pensions.
private practices.

5. Gross and Schwenger (1981) blame the high cost of the Canadian health care system on

the low priority given to the health promotion model in Canada.
the failure of the medical model to meet the needs of an aging population.
a heavy reliance on institutional care.
excessive and unnecessary use of the system by older people.

6. Most of the older people in Canada living in institutions live in

nursing homes.
multi-level enriched housing.
hospitals.
elderhostels.