Health Care Systems

Question 1

What is a health care system?

Answer 1

the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations

Question 2

What are the 4 types pf healthcare financing?

Answer 2

1. Out of pocket payment
2. Private health insurance
3. Social health insurance
4. Tax based financing

Question 3

What is out of pocket payments?

What countries use this?

Answer 3

Direct payments from patients for medical care
There is no reimbursement from insurers or govrnment

Bangladesh and Uk for prescriptions
Common in LICs

Question 4

What are 6 key components of healthcare systems?

Answer 4

Service delivery 
Workforce
Information systems 
Essenitak medicenine acess
Financing
Leadership/governance

Question 5

What are the advantages of out of pocket payments

Disadvantages ?

Answer 5

• contains health service demand
• udneruse of health service
• chronic and serious illness can cost a lot!
• regressive cost tehrefore lowest incomes pay more
• exacerbates health inequakity

Question 6

What is private heakth insurance?

Answer 6

Individuals contribute to a fund by paying voluntary
premiums in advance to an insurance company.
• The costs of healthcare are then covered when
required.
• Some employers may also contribute to schemes for

Commonly used in USA or UK e.g. BUPA
their employees.

Question 7

What are the advantages of private heakth insurance?

Disadvantages?

Answer 7

Question 8

What is sociak health insurance?

Answer 8

Employers and employees contribute to a fund
Employees contribute a proportion of salary and employers match this
Government pays contributions to those unemployed

E.g germay and japan aka bismark system

Question 9

Sociak health insurance advantages and disadvantages?

Answer 9

Question 10

What is taxation health payments.

Answer 10

Funding via general taxation
State controlled providers

Uk and sweeden and cuba use

Question 11

Advsntages and disadvantages of taxation health payments

Answer 11

Question 12

What is the health service like in scotland

Answer 12

It is all purpose- they provide all/most services

Question 13

What is the healthcare system like in wakes

Question 14

What is the healthcare system like in england

Answer 14

Clicnal commisioning groups

NHS trusts

Primary care providers

Question 15

What is the healthcaree system like in NI?

Answer 15

intergrated

Question 16

What is an integrated healthcare system

Fucntion?

Advantges ?

Answer 16

Current change happening in england to integrated healthcare system - currentlu in NI

Partnerships that bring together providers and commissioners of NHS services across a
geographical area.

Function:
• Plan health and care services to meet the needs of their population. • Integrate care across different organisations, joining up hospital and community-
based services, physical and mental health, and health and social care.

• Advantages:
• Focus on collaboration not competition.
• Improving care for people with long-term conditions – community and home-based.
• Potential to tackle inequalities – address social and economic determinants of healt

Question 17

In england, what organisations have a role in;

Health protection?

Health improvement?

Healthcare public health?

Answer 17

UKHSA

Office for health improvemnt and disparities

NHS england and NHS improvement