International students in Saskatchewan studying for at least six months may be eligible to register for free basic health coverage through the province by obtaining a Saskatchewan Health Card. Some Saskatchewan educational institutions will automatically enroll international students to purchase private health...
Permanent residents and eligible temporary residents moving to Saskatchewan may be eligible for health coverage on or before the first day of their third month after arriving in Canada. Copies of documents proving your legal entitlement to be in Canada, residency in Saskatchewan, and identity must b...
One of the universal challenges in assessing the impact of public health interventions on suicide is the low base rate [92]. Even though rates may be especially high in some northern Inuit and First Nations communities, the actual number of deaths is low compared to cities in southern Canada....
Saskatchewan doubled its spending on a rural doctor locum pool in April to help with a similar problem of small hospital emergency services, but Regina had an entirely different problem later in the year when one of the city’s two hospital ERs was on the brink of being closed due to a ...
Johannes Roth from Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Ontario; Bianca Lang from IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Kate Neufeld from Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and, Lori Tucker from British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Britis...
, and returning Canadians) must register themselves and their dependents for a Saskatchewan Health Card to receive health benefits.11 In Saskatchewan, some medical and community services are considered public services and are free of charge for all Saskatchewan with a valid Saskatchewan Health Card. ...
14. Pirro MP, Dyck RF, Gillis DC: Diabetes prevalence rates among First Nations adults on Saskatchewan reserves in 1990: com- parison by tribal grouping, geography and with non-First Nations people. Can J Public Health 1996, 87:325-328. 15. Harris SB, Gittelsohn J, Hanley A, Barnie A...
Body image a powerful motivator for weight management for women First Nations from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba Medved MI, Brockmeier J, Morach J, Chartier-Courchene L. Broken heart stories: understanding Aboriginal women’s cardiac problems. Qual Health Res 2013;23:1613-25. Qualitative ...
The program evolved from provincial initiatives led by Tommy Douglas, Premier of the Province of Saskatchewan. Initiated in 1946, provincial plans provided universal insured hospital services under provincial public administration, later followed by medical and other services. Developed from 1946 to 1971,...
Lean application in Saskatchewan In Saskatchewan, the Toyota lean management system is used in combination with a strategic management and policy deployment system, called Hoshin Kanri [25], and daily visual management. Daily visual management is an approach where staff members take the time each day...