HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS Flashcards

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A term used to describe how a national, regional, or local health care system is organized, administered, provided, and paid for, sometimes to a circumscribed system such as that under the auspices of a specific medical and hospital insurance carrier or health maintenance organization

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healthcare delivery systems

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all organizations, people and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore or maintain health (WHO, 2000)

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healthcare delivery systems

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organization of people, institutions, and resources to deliver health care services to meet the health needs of a target population, whether a single-provider practice or a large health care system

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healthcare delivery systems

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private funding by fee-for-service and private initiative and ownership, and has very little state or third-party intervention

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free-market medicine system

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characterized by a two-track system of financing and of healthcare delivery

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free-market medicine system

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Free market medicine system: identify what track system is this.

Based on individual purchasing power

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Private track

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Free market medicine system: identify what track system is this.

Based on welfare provision

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Public track

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Provides healthcare delivery in the form of a state- supported consumer service financed by taxation

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socialized-medicine system/beveridge

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healthcare is purchased, but the buyer is the government

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socialized-medicine system / beveridge

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services available at little or no additional cost to the consumer

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socialized-medicine system

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Free at the point of delivery and funded by general tax

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beveridge model

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Most hospitals are government owned; healthcare workers are employed by the government; salaries are fixed and costs of treatments are standardized

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beveridge model

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In private hospitals that provide a service free at the point of delivery, the hospitals get paid by the government

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beveridge model

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Gov’t can control what the doctor can do and what the hospital can charge

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beveridge model

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15
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These ff. Countries adheres to what model?

Great Britain, Scandinavian countries, New Zealand and Spain

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beveridge model

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16
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indirect government control and management of healthcare delivery

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Decentralized National Healthcare System

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government acts primarily to regulate the system

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Decentralized National Healthcare System

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18
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Model in Germany

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Bismarck model

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funded by an insurance system

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Bismarck model

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Financing is provided by employers and employees through payroll deductions and covers the entire population

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Bismarck model

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tight regulatory control by the Government, there is much better control over costs

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Bismarck model

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Employed people will get additional private insurance to cover the top up reimbursement costs

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Bismarck model

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Unemployed: supported by the government to get complete coverage

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Bismarck model

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healthcare is a state-provided public service

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Socialist Medicine System

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state controls, organizes, finances, and allocates healthcare directly to all citizens, free of charge

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Socialist Medicine System

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No third-party organizations or insurance companies are interposed between healthcare providers and patients

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Socialist Medicine System

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The state owns all facilities and pays a salary to all healthcare workers

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Socialist Medicine System

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healthcare is financed through government-mandated contributions by employers and employees, and healthcare is delivered by private providers

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Socialized insurance system

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The government subsidizes voluntary mutual-aid societies that insure their members for medical care, death benefits, and, occasionally, some form of old-age assistance, operating entirely independently

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Socialized insurance system

30
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governments create public health insurance programmes that citizens are required to join

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National Health Insurance

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government provides finance, but actual care is delivered by private providers

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National Health Insurance

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Every citizen pays into a government sponsored insurance program and healthcare is provided in the private sector

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National Health Insurance Model

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These ff. countries are part of what model?

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National Health Insurance Model

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no need for marketing or any incentives to deny any claims

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National Health Insurance Model

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  • drive down costs through negotiations with vendors
  • may not cover every condition; wait longer to be seen or treated
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National Health Insurance Model

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financing a tax-supported NHI programme, the government also manages the infrastructure for the delivery of medical care

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Public contracting

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-healthcare providers are basically public employees -non-profit, publicly funded and delivered service

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Public contracting

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state involvement is more limited but still substantial

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Pluralistic

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providing coverage only for certain population groups and giving way for the rest of the population to largely private finance, provision and ownership of facilities

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Pluralistic

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-Developing countries
-those with adequate finances can avail of the numerous private hospitals for their healthcare; those who can’t afford: die

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Private insurance/ out of pocket

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Corporate social responsibility: big corporate organizations have by law to set aside a sum of money for infrastructure projects such as healthcare

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Private insurance/ out of pocket

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-private insurers are for profit: decide to refuse coverage for preexisting conditions or other conditions with a view to minimizing claims and maximizing profit.
-doctors may over investigate or prescribe for insured patients on the assumption that the insurer will pay for it

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Private insurance/ out of pocket

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Characteristics:

A range of health services is provided, appropriate to the needs of the target population, including preventative, curative, palliative and rehabilitative services and health promotion activities

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Comprehensiveness

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Characteristics:
no undue barriers of cost, language, culture, or geography.

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Accessibility

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Characteristics:

close to the people, with a routine point of entry to the service network at primary care level (not at the specialist or hospital level)

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Accessibility

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Characteristics:

may be provided in the home, the community, the workplace, or health facilities as appropriate.

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Accessibility

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Characteristics:
all people in a defined target population are covered, i.e. the sick and the healthy, all income groups and all social groups

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Coverage

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Characteristics:
Service delivery is organized to provide an individual with continuity of care across the network of services, health conditions, levels of care, and over the life-cycle

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Continuity

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Characteristics:

effective, safe, centered on the patient’s needs and given in a timely fashion.

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Quality

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Characteristics:

Services are organized around the person, not the disease or the financing

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Person-centeredness

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Characteristics:

Users perceive health services to be responsive and acceptable to them

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Person-centeredness

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Characteristics:
-participation from the target population in service delivery design and assessment
-people are partners in their own health care

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Person-centeredness

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Characteristics:
Local area health service networks are actively coordinated, across types of provider, types of care, levels of service delivery, and for both routine and emergency preparedness

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Coordination

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Characteristics:
The patient’s primary care provider facilitates the route through the needed services, and works in collaboration with other levels and types of provider

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Coordination

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Characteristics:
Coordination also takes place with other sectors (e.g. social services) and partners (e.g. community organizations).

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Coordination

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Characteristics:
Health services are well managed so as to achieve the core elements described above with a minimum wastage of resources

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Accountability and efficiency

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Characteristics:
Managers are allocated the necessary authority to achieve planned objectives and held accountable for overall performance and results

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Accountability and efficiency

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Characteristics:
Assessment includes appropriate mechanisms for the participation of the target population and civil society

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Accountability and efficiency