Canada - World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Canada - World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
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<strong>Health</strong> systems in transition <strong>Canada</strong><br />
Abbreviations<br />
HHR <strong>Health</strong> Human resource<br />
HPRAC <strong>Health</strong> Professionals Regulatory Advisory Council<br />
HTA health technology assessment<br />
ICT in<strong>for</strong>mation and communications technology<br />
IDI International Telecommunication Union Development Index<br />
IMG International Medical graduates<br />
IT In<strong>for</strong>mation technology<br />
LHIN Local <strong>Health</strong> Integration Networks<br />
MB Manitoba (province)<br />
MCHP Manitoba Centre <strong>for</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Policy<br />
MRI magnetic resonance imaging<br />
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement<br />
NB New Brunswick (province)<br />
NL Newfoundland and Labrador (province)<br />
NS Nova Scotia (province)<br />
NU Nunavut (territory)<br />
NWT Northwest Territories (territory)<br />
OECD Organisation <strong>for</strong> Economic Co-operation and Development<br />
ON Ontario (province)<br />
OOP out of pocket<br />
PEI Prince Edward Island (province)<br />
PHAC Public <strong>Health</strong> Agency of <strong>Canada</strong><br />
PHI private health insurance<br />
PMPRB Patented Medicine Prices Review Board<br />
P/T Provincial and Territorial<br />
QC Quebec (province)<br />
RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police<br />
RCPSC Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of <strong>Canada</strong><br />
RHA regional health authority<br />
RN registered nurse<br />
RNAO Registered Nurses Association of Ontario<br />
SK Saskatchewan (province)<br />
THE Total health expenditure<br />
WCB Workers’ Compensation Board<br />
WHO <strong>World</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Organization</strong><br />
YK Yukon (territory)