Health Policy

Question 1

Policy?

Answer 1

General statements, rules or understandings guiding actions in decision making.

Question 2

Types of policies?

Answer 2

Public: Government and its agencies
Private: NGOs and private entities

Public contains; tax, education, welfare, defense, development.

Question 3

Health Policy?

Answer 3

Defines health goals at all levels on specifies plans to achieve the goals.
It can clarify value on bases of policy, define future vision, facilitate target setting.

Scope: international national local organizational.

Question 4

Objectives of health policy?

Answer 4

Effectiveness.
Efficiency
Feasibility
acceptability
Equity

Question 5

Models of health care services?

Answer 5

Bismarck: non-universal welfare policy, healthcare is based on contract between professionals and health insurance funds.
Beveridge: allowances is not dependent on prior salary, so it is guaranteed for all.

Question 6

Models of healthcare services?

Answer 6

National health insurance model:
Private sector providers use payments from governments run insurance program to pay for healthcare.
Out-of-pocket model: people with no insurance pay by themselves.