Vancouver Coastal Health

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services in part of Greater Vancouver and the Coast Garibaldi area.

VCH is one of five publicly funded regional healthcare authorities[1] within the Canadian province of British Columbia. The government of British Columbia, through the British Columbia Ministry of Health, sets province-wide goals, standards and performance agreements for health service delivery by the seven health authorities.

Service area

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority serves the 1.25Script error: No such module "String".million of British Columbia's population of five million (approximately one in four) who live in a geographic area of Script error: No such module "convert". that includes 12 municipalities, four regional districts and 14 Aboriginal communities. VCH is geographically divided into three health service delivery areas (HSDA), which in turn are divided into 14 local health areas (LHA).[2]

The following regional districts are partially or entirely covered by VCHA.

Health services provided

Public health Primary care Acute care Home & community services Mental health & addictions
  • Environmental health protection:
    • Food & water safety
  • Disease surveillance & control:
    • Immunization
    • HIV/AIDS programs
  • Children & youth services
  • Primary care clinics
  • Aboriginal services:
    • Health & wellness
    • Addiction & treatment
    • Community health
  • Hospital inpatient care
  • Surgery specialties & subspecialities
  • Complex medical surgery (tertiary & quaternary)
  • Acute and specialized rehab
  • Urgent care
  • Same-day care
  • Ambulatory care
  • Community services
    • Assisted living
    • Home care
    • Occupational therapy & physiotherapy
    • Adult day care
  • Residential services
    • Complex care
    • Hospice care
    • Transitional care
  • Community Development
  • Housing
  • Emergency & urgent services
  • Residential & community services
  • Addictions
    • Needle exchange
    • Supervised injection site
    • Free safer supplies[3]

References

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External links

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