Canada
CA
Healthcare System
The Canada Health Act (1984) mandates universal, comprehensive, portable, accessible, and publicly administered health insurance. Each province and territory runs its own health insurance plan. The federal government sets standards and transfers funds via the Canada Health Transfer (CHT).
- System Type
- Universal single-payer (Beveridge/Bismarck hybrid, provincially administered)
- Regulatory Body
- Health Canada (Santé Canada) — federal drug regulator. CADTH (Canadian Drug and Health Technology Agency) for reimbursement decisions. Provincial formularies managed by pCPA (pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance).
- Data Protection
- PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) federally; provincial equivalents (e.g., PHIPA in Ontario, Health Information Act in Alberta)
- Currency
- CAD
- Emergency Number
- 911
- Languages
- en, fr
Coding Systems
diagnosis
ICD-10-CA
ICD-10 Canadian Modification. Maintained by CIHI (Canadian Institute for Health Information). Updated periodically; current edition aligns with WHO ICD-10 2019 base with Canadian extensions.
dental
FDI (ISO 3950)
Federation Dentaire Internationale two-digit notation used across all provinces. ODA/CDA procedure codes for billing vary by province.
procedures
CCI / provincial fee codes
Canadian Classification of Health Interventions (CCI) — CIHI standard. Provinces use their own physician procedure fee codes (e.g., OHIP fee schedule in Ontario, BCMA fee guide in BC).
drugs
DIN
Drug Identification Number — 8-digit number assigned by Health Canada to each drug product approved for sale in Canada. Equivalent in function to NDC (US) or PZN (Germany).
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