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  2. There is a significant difference in coverage for medical care in Canada and the United States. In Canada, all citizens and permanent residents are covered by the health care system, while in the United States, studies suggest that 7% of U.S. citizens do not have adequate health insurance, if any at all. In both Canada and the United States ...

  3. Health care systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Government standards state that citizen's health is the result of multiple variables, including employment, income, access to land, sanitation services, access and quality of health services, education, psychic, social and family conditions, and are entitled to full and complete health care, comprising prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

  4. Social medicine - Wikipedia

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    Social medicine is a vast and evolving field, and its scope can cover a wide range of topics that touch on the intersection of society and health. The scope of social medicine includes: Social Determinants of Health: Investigation of how factors like income, education, employment, race, gender, housing, and social support impact health outcomes.

  5. Healthcare in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Canada Health Act covers the services of psychiatrists, medical doctors with additional training in psychiatry. In Canada, psychiatrists tend to focus on the treatment of mental illness with medication. [66] However, the Canada Health Act excludes care provided in a "hospital or institution primarily for the mentally disordered."

  6. Social determinants of health - Wikipedia

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    Chronic stress, which is experienced more frequently by those living with adverse social and economic conditions, has been linked to poor health outcomes. [5] Various interventions have been made to improve health conditions worldwide, although measuring the efficacy of such interventions is difficult. [6]

  7. Category:Healthcare in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Health and welfare trust; Health Care in Canada Survey; Comparison of the healthcare systems in Canada and the United States; Health Spending Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Shona Holmes health care incident; Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act

  8. Medical sociology - Wikipedia

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    Medical sociology is the sociological analysis of health, Illness, differential access to medical resources, the social organization of medicine, Health Care Delivery, the production of medical knowledge, selection of methods, the study of actions and interactions of healthcare professionals, and the social or cultural (rather than clinical or bodily) effects of medical practice. [1]

  9. Preventive and social medicine - Wikipedia

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    Preventive and social medicine is a branch of medicine dealing with providing health services in areas of prevention, promotion and treatment of rehabilitative diseases. . Studies in preventive healthcare and social medicine are helpful in providing guided care, medicine in environmental health, offering scholarly services, formulating legal policy, consulting, and research in international