Health Care System Flashcards
He states a “SYSTEM” is an arrangement of parts, and their interconnections come together for a purpose.
Bertalanffy (1968)
He defined the HEALTH SYSTEM as the “Combination of resources, organization, financing, and management that culminate in the delivery of health services to the population”
Roemer (1991)
It consists of many parts, such as the COMMUNITY, DEPARTMENT, or MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, and MANY OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
Health Care System
What are the FOUR vital health systems functions?
- Health Service Provision
- Health Service Inputs
- Stewardship
- Health Financing
It is PUBLIC and PRIVATE health service provision is the most visible product of the health care system.
Health Service Provision
It is known as MANAGING RESOURCES the assembling of essential resources for delivering health services.
Health Service Inputs
The OVERALL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT sets the context and policy framework for the overall health system.
Stewardship
It includes COLLECTING REVENUES, POOLING FINANCIAL RISK, and ALLOCATING REVENUE.
Health Financing
What are the TWO TYPES of Health Financing?
- Revenue Collection
- Risk Pooling
This entails the COLLECTION OF MONEY TO PAY for health care services.
Revenue Collection
This refers to the COLLECTION and MANAGEMENT of financial resources in a way that spreads financial risks from an individual to all pool members.
Risk Pooling
This model invented the WELFARE STATE. It covers everybody, thus collecting no profit, and is considered a MULTI-PAYER MODEL.
Bismarck Model
Bismarck’s Model named?
Prussian Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck
In this model, health care is PROVIDED and FINANCED by the government through tax payments, just like the police force or the public library.
Beveridge Model
Beveridge’s Model named?
William Beveridge