PH Healthcare Delivery System Flashcards
According to the ______ of 1978
➔ Health is a _______
Alma- Ata Declaration of 1978; fundamental human right
The main goal is for human to reach the optimal level
of their health
Health Care
It is an organized plan of health services
Health Care System
It is a rendering of health care services to the people
Health Care Delivery
It is the network of health facilities and personnel
which carries out the task of rendering health care to
the people
Health Care Delivery System
The organization of people, institutions, and
resources that deliver health cares services to meet
the health needs of target population
Health Care Delivery System
essential health care that has basic essential
elements and objectives that help to attain better
health services for all
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC)
Important health care derived from scientifically
sound and socially acceptable methods
PHC
It must be _____ to individuals and is
based on what the community and country can
provide
PHC; universally accessible
The ultimate goal of primary health care is
better health for all
the key elements to achieve better health for all
- Universal coverage to reduce exclusion and social
disparities in health - Services delivery organized around people’s needs
and expectations - Public policy that integrates health into all sectors
- Leadership that enhances collaborative models of
policy dialogue - Increased stakeholder participation
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Education, Prevention of Endemic Diseases,
immunization, MAternal and Child health, Essential Drugs Arrangement, Nutrition, Treatment, Water and Sanitation
Other elements
Expanded options of immunization
Reproductive health needs
Provision of essential technologies for health
Health promotion
Prevention and control of non-communicable
diseases
Food safety and provision of selected food
supplements
MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
(functions of health care managers)
Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Controlling, Directing,
Designing the organization or the specific division,
unit, or service for which the manager is responsible
Organizing
Setting priorities and determining performance
targets
Planning
Acquiring and retaining human resources and
developing and maintaining the workforce through
various strategies and tactics
staffing
Monitoring staff activities and performance and
taking the appropriate actions for corrective actions
to increase performance
Controlling
Know what aspect is lacking or wrong →
improvement of service
➔ Evaluation of health care services
● Monthly individual performance task is
passed to the health managers
Controlling
Focuses on initiating action in the organization
through the effective leadership, motivation, and
communication of managers
Directing
Reporting and justification of task
outcomes to higher management by
those people with authority
Accountability
Duty of the employee to perform the assigned tasks and activities.
Responsibility
Formal and legitimate right of manager to issue orders, make decisions, and allocate resources to achieve desired outcomes of the organization
Given to higher-ups or leaders
Authority
For managers that have power only over
a specific set of activities
Functional Authority
Managers issue orders to their
subordinates and are also responsible for
the results
● Managers are responsible from the
implementation of policy to the
result
● Subordinates are responsible for
executing instructions given by the
manager
Line Authority
➔ It is given to specialists in their areas of
expertise
● Jobs are distributed to specialists
➔ The staff manager simply advises,
recommends, and counsels
Staff Authority
Concentration of planning and
decision-making to the top of the
organization
● To be distributed to the lower
branches
Centralization
Delegation of planning and
decision-making to the lower branches
of the organization
Decentralization
Written documentation provided for the
direct control of the employees
● Administrative Order, Special
Order, Executive Order
Formalization
“a complex set
of organizations interacting to provide an array of
health services”
Dizon
These are the smaller, non-departmentalized
hospitals
➔ There are emergency and regional hospitals where
adequate treatments are offered for patients with
symptomatic stages of diseases
Secondary
➔ Examples: provincial and city hospitals
Secondary
These are the specialized national hospitals which
offer highly technological and specialized knowledge,
facilities, and personnel are treated here
Tertiary
➔ Examples: Lung Center of the Philippines, Philippine
Heart Center, National Kidney and Transplant Institute
(NKTI)
Tertiary
Units operated by DOH which include the rural health
units, their respective sub-centers, chest clinics,
malaria eradication units, and schistosomiasis
control units
b. Puericulture center operated by the League of
Puericulture Centers
c. Units operated by the Philippine Tuberculosis Society
such as the tuberculosis clinics and hospitals
d. Clinics operated by Philippine Medical Association
e. Clinics operated by large industrial firms for their
employees
f. Health centers and community hospitals operated by
the Philippine Medical Care Commission
g. Other health facilities operated by voluntary religious
and civic groups
Primary
