HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Flashcards
Arrangement/interaction of parts combining for a purpose
System
Combination of resources, organizations, financing, and management, that combines to deliver health services to the population
Health System (Roemer)
All organizations institutions, and resources that are devoted to producing health actions.
Health System (WHO Report 2000)
Any effort, whether in personal health care, public health services, or through intersectorial initiatives, whose Primary Purpose is to improve health.
Health Action
Which organization identified the main goal for health systems
World Health Organization
What are the WHO main goal for health system?
- Improving the health of population
- Improving the responsiveness of the health system to the population it serves
- Fairness in Financial Contribution
(IIF)
An overarching goal, states that health should be equitable and minimize inequitable disparities in health
Improving the health of the population
Source of inequitable disparities
Income
Ethnicity
Occupation
Gender
Geographical location
Sexual orientation
What are the four vital health system functions?
- Health service provision
- Health service inputs
- Stewardship
- Health financing
Most Visible Product of the HCS
Health service provision
Also known as managing resources, it compiles essential resources for delivery of health services
Health service input
The overall system oversight
Stewardship
Set contexts and policy framework, usually done by government officials
Stewardship
This includes collection of revenues, pooling financial risks, and allocation of revenue
Health financing
METHOD: Payroll Contribution
EX: Out-of-pocket expenses, mandatory risk rated contribution
REVENUE COLLECTION