Yukon Chronic Disease and Disability Benefits Program
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by Jessie Venegas
26
Feb
2009
The Chronic Disease and Disability Benefits Program provides benefits for Yukon residents who have a chronic disease or a serious functional disability. A chronic disease is defined as a health condition or disease marked by a long duration or frequent recurrence. A disability is defined as a serious functional impairment and includes partial and complete paralysis, amputation, brain damage and intellectual disabilities. It does not include sensory impairment such as poor vision or hearing deficits, except significant hearing loss in children under 16 years of age.
- Goals Prevention:
- Creates healthy environments , Promotes adecuate understanding levels on the community about the importance of prevention
- Goals Detection:
- Provides registries and patients contact systems
- Goals Treatment:
- Promotes the appropriate use of medicines , It facilitates the management by processes , Emphasizes the care of pluri-pathological and fragile patients , Promotes electronic health information systems to improve the quality of care
- Goals self-management:
- Promotes patient involvement in planning services , Improving support services with an emphasis on peer support, the disabled and carers
224_Yukon_Formulary_2007.pdf
26/02/2009
- Northwest Territories Health and Social Services
- Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services
