Table 1 Definitions of social value codes clustered by category
Category | Social Values Incorporated | Definition |
|---|---|---|
Equity and Justice | Equity | Absence of socially unjust or unfair health disparities [16] |
Inequity | Differences in health that are unjust, unfair, unnecessary and avoidable [16] | |
Justice | Fair, equitable and appropriate treatment in light of what is owed or due to persons [17] | |
Distributive Justice | Persons in like need ought to be treated the same way [4] | |
Egalitarianism | All humans are equal and should be afforded equal rights and opportunities [24] | |
Duty to Provide Care | Portability | Requires provinces to cover insured health services provided to their residents while they are temporarily absent from their province of residence or from Canada [25] |
Accessibility | Insured persons must have reasonable and uniform access to insured health services, free of financial or other barriers; No-one may be discriminated against on the basis of such factors as income, age and health status [25] | |
Publicly Administered | Each provincial health care insurance plan must be administered on a non-profit basis by a public authority [25] | |
Universality | Demands that all residents in the province have access to public health care insurance and insured services on uniform terms and conditions [25] | |
Reciprocity | Society must be prepared to facilitate individuals and communities in their efforts to discharge their duties, i.e., public health agencies should assist individuals in complying with health measures [17] | |
Duty to Provide Care | Obligation to provide safe, competent and ethical care [24] | |
Maximization of Population Benefit | Efficiency | The balance that maximizes outcomes for given resources [1] |
Utilitarianism | The best action is the one that maximizes the well-being of all sentient beings. Supremacy to the needs of the community as it will benefit the largest number of individuals [26] | |
Individual Vs. Community Interests | Liberalism | Right of an individual to pursue their own conception of good (defined as beliefs about what makes life valuable or worthwhile) [27] |
Libetarianism | People should have freedom and autonomy of choice so long as it does not interfere with others autonomy and freedoms [28] | |
Welfarism | Individual preferences, desires and decisions are the most important factors when doing an economic analysis [1] | |
Autonomy | The right for an individual to make his or her own choice [17] | |
Communitarianism | Emphasizes the responsibility of the individual to the community [24] Community should be at the forefront of our moral thinking [27] | |
Consequentialism | The consequences of an action serve as the judgment of the rightness or wrongness of the action [29] |