加拿大的卫生保健系统由五个互相关联的基本成分组成,共同为人民提供必需的产品和劳务。这五个部分是:(1)接受服务的用户;(2)接受过训练的各科医护人员,这些专业人员组成各自的联合会;(3)税收部门。这样一个庞大的网络其正常运转所需要的资金主要来自于税收,由公共组织征收,由各个卫生部门分享;(4)联邦政府;(5)省级政府的卫生管理机构,实行其计划与控制职能。加拿大的卫生部门是该国的第三大产业。总卫生经费由1960年的20亿加拿大元,增加到1982年的 Canada’s health care system consists of five interrelated basic components that together provide the people with the necessary products and services. The five parts are: (1) users who receive services; (2) trained medical and nursing personnel who form their respective federations; and (3) taxation departments. The funds needed for the normal operation of such a huge network come mainly from taxes, which are collected by public organizations and shared by various health departments; (4) the federal government; and (5) the provincial government’s health management agencies implement their plans and controls. Functions. Canada’s health sector is the country’s third largest industry. Total health expenditure increased from 2 billion Canadian dollars in 1960 to 1982