LESSON 1: VISION, MISSION AND THE GOALS OF THE INSTITUTION AND CORE VALUES

Question 1

VISION

Answer 1

A globally recognized health and service-oriented educational institution with the highest standard of transformative practice.

Question 2

MISSION

Answer 2

To uphold the highest standards of education
rooted in the university’s ideals of wellness,
integrity, service, and excellence in the attainment
of the individual’s full potential through the
embodiment of a transformative culture that
responds to the exigencies of man and society for
nation building, positive change, and enhancement
of quality of life

Question 3

GOALS of the INSTITUTE

Answer 3

1. Promote professional competence, as well as
   critical analysis and decision-making
   capability among learners
2. Instill in learners a deep sense of
   professional, social, and ethical
   responsibility, cultural sensitivity,
   appreciation of the finer qualities of life
3. Provide a multidisciplinary and
   interdisciplinary academic atmosphere
   conducive to the physical, intellectual,
   moral, spiritual, and cultural development of
   the learners
4. Transform learners into exemplary
   educators and catalysts for social
   development
5. Develop a holistic man capable of
   answering the needs of self, family, and
   society through education and service

Question 4

CORE VALUES

Answer 4

W.I.S.E
➔ WELLNESS
➔ INTEGRITY
➔ SERVICE
➔ EXCELLENCE

Question 5

Bertalanffy’s Definition of System

Answer 5

a “system” is an arrangement of parts and their
interconnections come together for a purpose.

Question 5

Bertalanffy’s Definition of System

Answer 5

a “system” is an arrangement of parts and their
interconnections come together for a purpose.

Question 6

Bertalanffy’s Definition of System

Answer 6

a “system” is an arrangement of parts and their
interconnections come together for a purpose.

Question 7

Bertalanffy’s Definition of System

Answer 7

a “system” is an arrangement of parts and their
interconnections come together for a purpose.

Question 8

Roemer (1991) definition of health system

Answer 8

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

Question 9

World Health Organization Report (2000) definition of Health System

Answer 9

“all the
organizations, institutions and resources that are
devoted to producing health actions.”

Question 10

World Health Organization Report (2000) definition of health action

Answer 10

“any effort, whether
in personal health care, public health services or
through intersectoral initiatives, whose primary
purpose is to improve health.”

Question 11

7 PARTS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM

Answer 11

➢ Community
➢ Department/ Ministries of Health
➢ Health care providers
➢ Health service organizations
➢ Pharmaceutical companies
➢ Health financing bodies;
➢ and other organizations related to health

Question 12

WHO’s 3 main goals for health
systems

Answer 12

> Improving the health of populations
Improving the responsiveness of the health
system to the population it serves
Fairness in financial contributions

Question 13

4 FUNCTIONS of HEALTH SYSTEM

Answer 13

➢ Health Service Provision (delivery of health
services)
➢ Health Service Inputs (resource generation)
➢ Stewardship ( Initiatives)
➢ Health Financing

Question 14

The 6 System Building blocks of WHO’s Health System Framework

Answer 14

> Service Delivery
Health Workforce
Information
Medical Products, Vaccines and Technologies
Financing
Leadership and Governance

Question 15

Decentralized or Devolved Structure

Answer 15

the state is
represented by national offices and the LGUs, with
provincial, city, municipal, and barangay or village
offices.

Question 16

6 things that the DOH as mandated has the duty to:

Answer 16

➔ Developing health policies and programs;
➔ Enhancing partner’ s capacity through
technical assistance;
➔ Leveraging performance for priority health
programs among these partners;
➔ Developing and enforcing regulatory
policies and standards;
➔ Providing specific programs that affect large
segments of the population;
➔ Providing specialized and tertiary level care.

Question 17

According to the mandate
(E.O. No. 119, Sec. 3), the DOH shall be
responsible for the following 4 things

Answer 17

➔ Formulation and development of national
health policies, guidelines, standards and
manual of operations for health services and
programs
➔ Issuance of rules and regulations, licenses
and accreditations
➔ Promulgation of national health standards,
goals, priorities, and indicators
➔ Development of special health programs and
projects and advocates for legislation on
health policies and programs

Question 18

True or False: Sources of inequitable disparity in
health may include income, ethnicity, occupation,
gender, geographic location, and sexual orientation
among others.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

This embodies values of respectfulness,
non-discrimination, humaneness, and
confidentiality

Answer 19

Improving the responsiveness of the health
system to the population it serves

Question 20

does not deter individuals from
receiving needed care due to payments required at
the time of service and one in which each individual
pays approximately the same percentage of their
income for needed services.

Answer 20

a fairly financed health
system

Question 21

• is generally outside the immediate control of
  health system policymakers who have to respond to
  short-term population needs with whatever
  resources are available.

Answer 21

Health Service Inputs

Question 22

is the assembling of essential resources for
delivering health services: human resources,
medications, and medical equipment.

Answer 22

Health Service Inputs

Question 23

• the overall system oversight sets the context and
  policy framework for the overall health system.
  This function is usually a governmental
  responsibility.

Answer 23

Stewardship

Question 24

” to strengthen governance, accountability, and
responsiveness.”

Answer 24

Stewardship ( Initiatives)

Question 25

This entails the collection of money to pay for
health care services.

Answer 25

Revenue Collection

Question 26

This refers to the collection and management of
financial resources in a way that spreads financial
risks from an individual to all pool members

Answer 26

Risk Pooling

Question 27

Named for the Prussian Chancellor Otto von
Bismarck, who invented the welfare state as part of
the unification of Germany in the 19th century.

Answer 27

Bismarck model

Question 28

It uses an insurance system - the insurers are
called “sickness funds” - usually financed jointly by
employers and employees through payroll
deduction.

Answer 28

Bismarck model

Question 29

this was named after the social
reformer who designed Britain’s National Health
Service.

Answer 29

Beveridge model

Question 30

• In this system, health care is provided and
  financed by the government through tax payments,
  just like the police force or the public library.

Answer 30

Beveridge model

Question 31

is the way most risk-pooling organizations or
purchasers use collected and pooled financial
resources to finance or buy health care services for
their members.

Answer 31

Strategic Purchasing

Question 32

those which deliver effective, safe, quality personal
and non-personal health interventions

Answer 32

Service Delivery

Question 33

one which works in ways that are responsive, fair
and efficient to achieve the best health outcomes
possible,

Answer 33

Health Workforce

Question 34

one that ensures the production, analysis,
dissemination and use if reliable and timely
information on health determinants, health systems
performance and health status

Answer 34

Information

Question 35

ensures equitable access to essential medical
products, vaccines and technologies

Answer 35

Medical Products, Vaccines and Technologies

Question 36

raises adequate funds for health, in ways that ensure
people can use needed services, and are protected
from financial catastrophe or impoverishment
associated with having to pay for them.

Answer 36

Financing