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Appendix 2: Summary of changes to health regions, 2000 and 2003

Prov Health regions 2000 Units Health Regions 2003 Units Comments
10 NL Community Health Regions
6
Community Health Regions
6
- no change
11 PE Urban and rural regions
2
Health Regions
4
- now recognizing the four administrative areas
12 NS Zones
6
Zones
6
- no change
13 NB Health Regions
7
Health Regions
7
- no change
24 QC Régions sociosanitaires
18
Régions sociosanitaires
18
- changes caused by municipal adjustments affecting regional limits only
35 ON Public health units (PHUs)
37
PHUs
37
- some name changes only
  District health councils
16
DHCs
16
- some name changes only
46 MB Health Regions
12
Regional Health Authorities
11
- RHAs Marquette and South Westman to be combined into one (Assiniboine), plus other minor boundary changes
47 SK Service Areas
11
Regional Health Authorities
13
- new RHAs are similar to many service area boundaries - exceptions in 4711 which is now split into three regions.
48 AB Health Authorities
17
Regional Health Authorities
9
- total boundary revision - effective on April 1, 2003
59 BC Health Regions
20
Health Service Delivery Areas (HSDA)
16

- total boundary revision - new BC regions became final in June 2002

- in June 2003, the BC Ministry of Health approved subsequent boundary changes within Vancouver Island Health Authority affecting three HSDAs

- HSDAs aggregate into 5 Health Authorities (HA)

60 YT Territory
1
Territory
1
- no change
61 NT Territory
1
Territory
1
- no change
62 NU Territory
1
Territory
1
- no change

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