1: Social Determinants of Health Flashcards
What is Health?
Absence of symptoms, as well as
What does a good Health System do?
Deliver quality services to all people, when and where they need them
What does a good health system require?
- robust financing mechanism
- well trained & adequately paid workforce
- reliable information on which to base policies and decisions
- well maintained facilities and logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies
3 Components/Functions
- Financing
- Delivery/Provision
- Regulation
Bodenheimer & Grumbach characterize U.S. healthcare system as…
A paradox because someone people receive too much or too little, the system is not equitable, over use, underinsured
Evidence for U.S. healthcare system being a paradox
17% of gross domestic product but performs less well on many health outcomes,
Why do we spend so much on health care?
…. lecture 1, tech, prices, insufficient system , specialists, fragmented system
How do we measure health/health outcomes?
We look at certain indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, prevalence of chronic conditions, etc.
Define: Infant mortality
the death of an infant before 1st birthday
Factors Contributing to Health Status
-Money
-Healthier Lifestyles
- inequality
- downstream,/ nutrition
midstream/ living condition
top stream/ race
Key points beyond HC System? to solve
- Americans are sicker than other rich nations
- Americans do not live as long as citizens in other rich nations
- More babies & mothers die in U.S.
What are the Social Determinants of Health?
The conditions in which people are born. grow, live, work, and age within the healthcare system
Define: Health Inequities
The unfair and avoidable differences in health status within or between countries
What is race?
Characteristics defined at a distance such as body shape, skin color, and hair texture
Race is a…
Social construct, it attaches social significance to physical differences
