The B.C. government should go beyond medical issues and into a broad range of social services if it wants to better the province's future regarding health care, according to a draft report obtained by CBC News….

A coalition of five social groups in British Columbia submitted the report to the B.C. government on Tuesday, responding to Premier Gordon Campbell's call for direction on how best to shape the future of the province's health care…

A total of 28 recommendations have been made in the report by the Women's Health Community Advisory Committee, which is comprised of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, Women Against Violence Against Women, BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, Pacific Association of First Nations Women and Pacific Immigrant Resources Society.

The report goes beyond merely medical issues like wait lists, drug costs, and hospital beds, said Caryn Duncan, one of the report's authors.

"It is impossible for women to talk about their health care, their children's health care and the community's health, without looking at the broad range of social services that include the quality of our lives," Duncan told CBC News.

The report challenges the B.C. government to apply the same determinants of women's health applied by both the federal government and the World Health Organization, Duncan said….

Duncan said if the government is serious about improving the health care of women, it should pay attention to the core issues outlined in the report that are detrimental to the health of British Columbian women.

"If they implement these recommendations, it will improve health outcomes for women in this province and it's my understanding that that's the motivation behind the Conversation on Health."

In determining what is best for women's health, the B.C. government can't ignore statistics showing a huge wage disparity between men and women, that women are the primary users of the health-care system, and that they make up the majority of multiple job holders, Duncan said….