MODULE 1 Flashcards
According to WHO(1947), it is defined as the state of complete mental, physical, and social well-being not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.
HEALTH
The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical wellbeing through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions
HEALTH CARE
Refers to a country’s system of delivering services for the prevention and treatment of diseases and for the promotion of physical and mental well being. Of particular interest to a health care system is how medical care is organized, financed, and delivered. An organized plan of health services (Miller-Keane 1987)
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Refers to such issues as who gives care ( for example, primary care physicians, specialist physicians, nurses, and alternative practitioners) and whether they are participating as individuals, in small groups, in large groups, or in massive corporate organizations.
ORGANIZATION OF CARE
Involves who pays for medical services (for example, self-pay, private insurance, PHILHEALTH, Medicare, or Medicaid) and how much money is spent on medical care.
FINANCING OF CARE
Refers to how and where medical services are provided ( for example, in hospitals, doctors’ offices, or various types of outpatient clinics; and in rural, urban, or suburban locations).
- Health care systems, like medical knowledge and medical practice, are not fixed but are continually evolving. In part, health care systems reflect the changing science and technologic nature of medical practice.
DELIVERY OF CARE
The state recognizes health as a basic human right. It protects and promotes the right to health of the people and in stills health consciousness among them. Although this provision is guaranteed by the 1987 Constitution (Article II, Section 15) and the health care system in the Philippines is generally extensive, access to health services, especially by the poor, is still hampered by high cost, physical and socio-cultural barriers.
ORGANIZATION OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Rendering health care services to the people (Williams-Tungpalan, 1981).
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
(Williams-Tungpalan, 1981)
The network of health facilities and
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
Is a complex set of organizations interacting to provide an array of health services ( Dizon, 1977)
PHILIPPINE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
