lesson 3: Phillipines Health Care Delivery System

Question 1

according to (Miller-Keane, 1987) it is an organized plan of health services

Answer 1

Health Care System

Question 2

according to (Williams-Tungpalan,1981) it is described as rendering health care services to the people

Answer 2

Health Care Delivery

Question 3

the network of health facilities and personnel which carries out the task of rendering health care to the people

Answer 3

healthcare delivery system

Question 4

a complex set of organizations interacting to provide an array of health services in the Philippines

Answer 4

Philippine Health Care System

Question 5

• system that captures, stores, transmits, and managed health data
• these systems sarw used to collect, process, use and report health information

Answer 5

health information system

Question 6

is to facilitate universal coverage by removing financial barriers to access and prevent financial hardship and catastrophic
- a key policy instrument to improve health and reduce inequalities

Answer 6

health financing

Question 7

major roles of DOH

Answer 7

1. leadership in health
2. enabler and capacity builder
3. administrator of specific services

Question 8

mission of DOH

Answer 8

“Filipinos are among the healthiest people in Southeast Asia by 2022, and Asia by 2040”

Question 9

vision of DOH

Answer 9

“to lead the country in the development of a productive, resilient, equitable, and people-centered health system”

Question 10

3 levels of healthcare facilities

Answer 10

1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary

Question 11

3 levels of healthcare workers

Answer 11

1. village or grassroot health workers
2. intermediate level health workers
3. first line of hospital personnel

Question 12

• contacts of the community and initial links of healthcare
• provide simple curative and preventive health care measures to promote a healthy environment

Answer 12

village or grassroot health workers

Question 13

• represent the first source of professional health care
• provide support to front-line health workers ib terms of supervision, training, supplies, and services

Answer 13

intermediate level health workers

Question 14

• provide back up health services for cases that requires hospitalization
• establish contact with intermediate level or village health workers

Answer 14

first line hospital personnel

Question 15

a transfer of authority and responsibility for public functions from a national government to a local government

Answer 15

decentralization

Question 16

at the top of the administrative hierarchy

Answer 16

town mayor

Question 17

a type of decentralization that involves the legal transfer of administrative power to political unita

Answer 17

devolution