Lesson 2: Health System

Question 1

provides with a foundation on how the constituents of the certain society are being provided with the health services that they need

Answer 1

health system

Question 2

• a broad aspect of human survival, and it goes beyond the scope of physical needs
• involves the mental and social well-being of a person

Answer 2

health

Question 3

basic characteristics of a health system

Answer 3

1. it is an arrangement of parts
2. are interconnected
3. has a purpose

Question 4

• arrangement of parts
• operates in small or larger systems

Answer 4

healthcare system

Question 5

defines health system as “all activities whose primary purpose is to promote, restore and maintain health”

Answer 5

WHO (World Health Organization)

Question 6

group of healthcare providers who give coordinated care, chronic, or acute disease management, and thereby improve the quality of care patients get

Answer 6

health services organization

Question 7

• a tax exempt government-owned and controlled corporation of the Philippines
• attached to the DOH
• created in 1995

Answer 7

Philhealth (Philippines Health Insurance Corporation)

Question 8

• overall system oversight
• sets the context and policy framework for the overall health system

Answer 8

Stewardship

Question 9

aims at regulating the sectors in charge of community health and tracking system performance, effectiveness, and impact

Answer 9

Public Health Stewardship

Question 10

• any services, not limited to clinical services
• aimed at improving the health of the population

Answer 10

health service provision

Question 11

• program that was pushed through to address the lack of doctors practicing on rural communities
• batches of doctors are being deployed to various geographically isolated and disadvantages areas

Answer 11

Doctors to the Bario (DTTB) Program

Question 12

who initiated the DTTB program and in what year

Answer 12

DOH secretary Juan Flavier in 1993

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Risk pooling

Question 14

it is a form of insurance. from people who unlikely to need insurance and allocating the revenue to cover the costs of people who are more likely to need insurance

Answer 14

collecting revenue

Question 15

are to be allocated properly through stewardship in order to deluver the services to be constituents of the organization

Answer 15

funds