LESSON 1 HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM Flashcards
LESSON 1: HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM
Organizations, people, and actions whose primary interest is to promote, restore, or maintain health
Health Delivery System
6 components of health delivery system
a. Service delivery
b. Medical products, vaccines,
technology
c. Health workforce
d. Information
e. Financing
f. Leadership, governmentship/stewardship
Network of health facility/personnel which
carries out the task of rendering health care
to people.
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Specialized agency of the United Nations
- Global leadership on health matters
World Health Organization (WHO)
5 Core Functions of WHO
Leadership, engage in partnership that needs joint action.
Shape the research agenda and stimulate generating, translating, and disseminating
Setting norms and standards, promoting and monitoring implementations
Articulate ethical, evidence-based policy options.
Catalyzing change, and building sustainable institutional capacity
Development and provision of services towards the attainment of health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
WHO with DOH
year when SDG was developed
2016
cover a broad range of social and economic development issues. These include poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, gender equality, water, sanitation, energy, environment and social justice.
SDGs
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
SDG 3
● Achieve universal health coverage and provide access to safe and affordable medicines and vaccines for all.
● Supporting research and development for vaccines is an essential part of this.
● Commitment to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030.
SDG 3
3 major roles of DOH
- Leadership in health
- Enabler and capacity builder; and
- Administrator of specific services.
Holds the overall technical authority on health as it is a national health policy-maker and regulatory institution.
DOH
*The main governing body of health services in the country
* Provides guidance and technical assistance to LGUs through the Center for Health Development in each of the 17 regions
Department Of Health (DOH)
Aside from being the regulator of all health services and products, it is the provider of special tertiary health care services and technical assistance to health providers and stakeholders.
DOH
Its mandate is to develop national plans, technical standards, and guidelines on health.
DOH
- Composed of for-profit and nonprofit agencies
- Provides all levels of services and accounts for a large segment of health service providers in the country
Private Sector
Financing of Health Services
- Government (National and Local)
- Private Sources
- Social Health Insurance
- National Health Insurance Act of 1995
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION
creation of PhilHealth
RA 7875
- Tax-exempt government corporation
attached to the DOH for policy coordination
and guidance
*Aims for universal health coverage for all
Filipino citizens
PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION
Rules and regulations governing the new classification of hospitals and other health facilities in the Philippines
DOH Administrative Order 2012-0012
Provides services for all kinds of illnesses, injuries, or deformities
General hospitals (Level 1, 2, 3)
Offers services for a specific disease or condition or type of patient (children, elderly, or women)
Specialty Hospitals
For the examination of the human body, specimens from the human body for the diagnosis, and sometimes treatment of disease, or water for drinking water analysis.
Diagnostic / Therapeutic Facility
First-contact health care facility that offers basic services including emergency services and provision for normal deliveries.
Primary Care Facility
Provides long-term care to patients with chronic conditions requiring ongoing health and nursing care due to impairment and a reduced degree of independence in ADLs, and patients in need of rehabilitation.
Custodial Care Facility
Performs highly specialized procedures on an outpatient basis
Specialized Outpatient Facility
Most basic. Cater to patients who need minor care and supervision
Level 1 Hospitals
● Operating room, Post-operative
● Recovery room
● Maternity facilities
● Isolation facilities
● Dental Clinic
● Blood station
● Clinical Laboratory
● Imaging facility, (X-ray)
● Pharmacy
Level 1 Hospitals
Need for a referral (from Level 1)
LEVEL 2 Hospitals
● ICU for critically ill patients, NICU
● HRPU(high-risk pregnancy unit)
● Respiratory therapy services
● Specialist doctors for OB-Gyne,
pediatric services, medicine,
surgery, their subspecialty and
ancillary services
● Clinical Laboratory
● Imaging facility (mobile
X-Ray and contrast examinations)
Level 2 Hospitals
(plus facilities from level 1)
Teaching and/or training hospital.
Level 3