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is “the combination of resources, organization, financing, and management that culminate in the delivery of health services to the population (Roemer, 1991).”

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Health System

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True or False

In the World Health Report (WHO, 2000), a health system is defined as “all the organizations, institutions, resources, and people whose primary purpose is to improve health.”

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True

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What are the components of a Health System?

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  • Community
  • Department or ministries of health
  • Health care providers
  • Health service organizations
  • Pharmaceutical companies
  • Health financing bodies
  • Other organizations related to health sector
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What are the Goals of a Health System?

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  1. Improving the health of populations
  2. Improving the responsiveness of the health system
  3. Providing fair health financing
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Is the overarching goal of a health system.

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Improving the health of populations

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True or False

Populations must be protected from existing and emerging health risks.

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True

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This goal strives for equity in health by minimizing inequitable disparities

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Improving the health of populations

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True or False

responsiveness refers to providing satisfactory health services and engaging people as active partners

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True

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This goal states that health systems have an obligation to respond to the legitimate non-health needs and expectations of populations

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Improving the responsiveness of the health system

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This goal maximizes people’s autonomy and control

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Improving the responsiveness of the health system

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This goal states that an ideal health system provides social and financial risk protection in health

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Providing fair health financing

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True or False:

According to the World Health Organization: each individual pays approximately the same % of their income for needed services regardless of social status in life.

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True

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What are the Functions of a Health System

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  1. Health service provision
  2. Health service inputs
  3. Stewardship
  4. Health financing
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What are the three under Health Financing?

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Revenue collection
Risk pooling
Strategic purchasing

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Most visible product of health system

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Health Service Provision (public and private health service provision)

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True or False:

Health service is any service (not limited to clinical services) aimed at improving the health of populations

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True

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also known as managing resources, means generating the essential physical resources for the delivery of health services

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Health Service Inputs

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Example of Health Service Inputs:

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  • medications
  • medical equipment
  • human resources (trained doctors & medical staff)
  • responsibility of health system policymakers
19
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also known as overall system oversight, is the main responsibility of the government

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Stewardship

20
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identifies health priorities for allocation of public resources and coordinating activities with others

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Stewardship

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generates appropriate data for effective decision- making and policymaking (research)

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Stewardship

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includes raising and pooling funds/resources to pay for health services
1. Revenue collection
2. Risk pooling
3. Strategic purchasing

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Health Financing

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form of risk management which aims to spread financial risks from an individual to all pool members

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Risk Pooling

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core function of health insurance companies

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Risk Pooling

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Main Models of Risk Pooling

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  • Bismarck Model (Bismarck’s Law on Health Insurance of 1883)
  • Beveridge Model (Beveridge Report or the Social Insurance and Allied Services of 1942)
26
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an insurance system where the sickness fund finances both the employers and employees through payroll (salary) deduction

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Risk Pooling: Bismarck Model

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Bismarck Model is a model named after who?

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Prussian Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck

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What is the underlying principle of Bismarck Model?

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Health insurance covers everybody

29
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This is model widely used:
Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, and, to a degree, Latin America

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Risk Pooling: Bismarck Model

29
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This model states that health care is provided and funded by the government through tax payments (shared by government)

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Risk Pooling: Beveridge Model

30
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Countries with this model: Hong Kong, Great Britain, Spain, New Zealand, Cuba, Scandinavia

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Risk Pooling: Beveridge Model

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Beveridge Model is a model named after who?

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William Beveridge, the social reformer responsible for designing Britain’s Social Security System and the National Health Service

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What is the underlying principle of Beveridge Model?

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Healthcare is a basic human right

33
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  • use collected funds and pooled financial resources wisely to finance health care services
  • minimize costs and maximize quality
  • important part of boosting efficiency and profitability in your company/institution
  • save more by getting the best deals
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Strategic Purchasing

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What are the Building Blocks of WHO?

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Service Delivery
Leadership and Governance
Financing
Health products, vaccines, and technologies
Health workforce
Information

35
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refers to the timely delivery of quality and cost-effective personal and non-personal health services

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Service delivery

36
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The task of ensuring effective stewardship of the entire health system

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Leadership and Governance

37
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appropriate funding for health care services to guarantee that people can use health services when needed without fear of having not enough resources to pay for them

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Financing

38
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made accessible through uninterrupted supply, well- managed pharmaceutical services, and education on proper use of medication

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Health products, vaccines, and technologies

39
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includes individuals and groups working towards the achievement of the best health outcomes by being responsive, fair, and efficient

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Health workforce

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analyzes, disseminates, and uses reliable and relevant information on health status, determinants, and systems performance

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Information

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