INTRO Flashcards
Complete health care consists of: (4)
● Curative services (in-patient and out-patient treatment)
● Screening services
● Diagnosis
● Health education
● Disease prevention
Primary function/mission of hospital (3)
- To care for the sick and the injured
- To be a provider of complete health care
- To be a charitable institution
Characteristics of a hospital (5)
- A charitable institution for the housing and maintenance of the needy, infirm or aged.
● A charitable institution for the maintenance
and education of the young
● A place for rest, lodging and entertainment
● A university hall, interchangeable with a
hostel
● An institution for the care of the sick and
wounded or those needing medical treatment
Hospital system consists of:
Input, process, output
Inputs of hospital system (2)
Human and non-human resources
Processes of hospital system (3)
Managerial decision-making, division of work, standard operating procedures
Outputs of hospital system (3)
Patient satisfaction, compliance, discharges
3Ps of hospital system
- Primary health care
- Promotion of health
- Prevention of disease
5Cs of hospital concept
- Comprehensive health care
- Competent service delivery
- Culture friendly
- Community oriented
- Clean and green
Roles of the hospital in the health care delivery service in developing countries (6)
- Support to community action
- Technical support to peripheral units
- Participation in planning for health
- Research
- Health promotion, disease prevention
- Support to other services
Classifications of hospital
- Accdg to ownership - private, public
- Accdg to cases treated - general, special
- Accdg to service capabilities - primary, secondary, tertiary
Primary hospital services (4)
1.General medicine
2. Pedia
3. Obstetrics
4. Minor
Secondary hospital services (5)
- General medicine
- General pedia
- General surgery
- general obgyne
- Key ancillary services
Tertiary hospital, level 1 services (4)
General medicine, General surgery, Pediatrics, and obstetrics & Gynecology
Tertiary hospital, level 2 services (12)
- Internal medicine
- Surgery
- Obgyne
- Opthalmology
- ENT
- ER
- OPD
- Anesthesia
- Pathology
- Radiology
- Pediatrics
- Other ancillary services