3: PHILIPPINE HEALTH CARE AND THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM

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• is a fundamental human right as cited in the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978

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HEALTH

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as “an organized plan of health services.”

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HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

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is the “rendering of health services to the people.”

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HEALTH CARE DELIVERY

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is “the network of health facilities and personnel which carries out the task of rendering health care to the people.”

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HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM

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• deals with social policy targets health equity with the ultimate goal of better health for all.

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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

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• Setting priorities and determining performance target

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Planning

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• Designing the organization or the specific division, unit or service

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Organizing

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• Acquiring and retaining human resources, and developing maintaining the workforce

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Staffing

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• monitoring staff activities and performance and taking the appropriate actions for corrective actions

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Controlling

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• initiating action in the organization

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Directing

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means reporting and justification of task outcomes to higher management by those people with authority.

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Accountability

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refers to the formal and legitimate right of a manager to issue orders, make decisions, and allocate resources to achieve desired outcomes of the organization.

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Authority

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is the duty of the employee to perform the assigned tasks and activities.

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Responsibility

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means reporting and justification of task outcomes to higher management by those people with authority.

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Accountability

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managers issue orders to their subordinates and are responsible for the results.

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Line authority

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is for managers that have power only over a specific set of activities.

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Functional authority

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is given to specialists in their areas of expertise. The staff manager simply advises, recommends, and counsels.

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Staff authority

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refers to the concentration of planning and decision-making to the top of the organization.

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Centralization

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refers to the delegation of planning and decision-making to the lower branches of the organization.

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Decentralization

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refers to the delegation of planning and decision-making to the lower branches of the organization.

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Decentralization

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refers to a written documentation provided for the direct control of the employees.

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Formalization

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• is ”a complex set of organizations interacting to provide an array of health services.”

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The Philippine Health Care System

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• Initial links of the community to health care
• Provide preventive health care measures and simple curatives
• Encourage programs/activities to improve the socioeconomic level of the community
• Volunteers, community health workers, or traditional birth attendants

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Grassroot or Village Health Workers

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• 1st source of professional health care
• Attend to health problems that is beyond the competency of the village workers
• Provide supervision, training, supplies, and services that provide support to front-line health workers

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Intermediate Level of Health workers

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• Serve as the backup health service providers
• In close contact with the other two health workers
• Physicians with specialty, nurses, dentist, pharmacists, and other health professionals

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First-Line Hospital Personnel