Global Health Systems Flashcards
How many people lack access to care / essential medicine?
4 million
How many people suffer from $ catastrophe?
150 million
How much of the health expenditure comes from out-of-pocket patients?
32%
Names GH Systems
L: none
R: WHO, Muenning
Health System Definition
HS = all organisations, people and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore and maintain health.
Structural Violence Definition
SV = social structures causing harm by preventing people from meeting their basic needs.
Universal Health Coverage Definition
UHC = ensuring that all people can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of those services does not expose the user to economic strains.
Primary prevention:
before disease appears
Secondary prevention:
before disease takes toll on the body
Tertiary prevention:
reducing harms of the disease
Framing block health system:
- Health information system
- Essential medicines, vaccines and technologies (Access)
- Health financing system
- Leadership and governance
- Service delivery
- Health workforce
We are essential part of health system:
- patient (needs)
- consumers (expectations)
- taxpayers (contributors)
- citizens (rights)
5, co-producers (behaviours)
R: Health Systems
W…: 3
M…: 6
WHO: - need greater and more effective investment in health systems
- reforms need to be carefully designed and involve other sectors
- 6 building blocks
Muenning: - Health systems =
- HICs more focus on NCDs / LICs on primary health care
- Health systems don’t include SDH
- Primary/secondary/tertiary preventions
- HS aim = to improve pop health through healthcare delivery and non-medical practice policies
- problem = cost control / inflation / budget
