Philippine Health Care Delivery System Flashcards
is a fundamental human right as cited in the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE is a fundamental human right as cited in the
Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978
is defined by Miller & Keane (1987) as “an organized plan
of health services.”
Health care system
Health care is defined by _____ as “an organized plan
of health services.”
Miller & Keane (1987)
____ as defined by Williams-Tungpalan (1981), is the “rendering
of health services to the people.”
Health care delivery
health care delivery as defined by ______ is the “rendering
of health services to the people.”
Williams-Tungpalan (1981)
_____ is “the network of health facilities and personnel which carries out the task of
rendering health care to the people.”
Health care delivery
is an important health care derived from scientifically
sound and socially accepted methods (WHO, Alma-Ata Declaration).
Primary health care
It must
be universally accessible to all individuals and is based on what the
community and country can provide.
Primary health care
primary health care is an important health care derived from scientifically
sound and socially accepted methods _____
(WHO, Alma-Ata Declaration).
- It deals with social policy targets health equity with the ultimate goal of
better health for all.
primay health care
The five key elements to achieve these goal as identified by WHO are as
follows:
- universal coverage to reduce exclusion and social disparities in health;
- service delivery organized around people’s needs and expectations;
- public policy that integrates health into all sectors;
- leadership that enhances collaborative models of policy dialogue; and
- Increased stakeholder participation
EIGHT ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF PHC
1.Education concerning prevailing health problems and the methods
of identifying, preventing and controlling them
2.Locally endemic disease prevention and control
3.Expanded program of immunization against major infectious
diseases
4.Maternal and child health care including family planning
5.Essential drugs arrangement
6.Nutritional food supplement, an adequate supply of safe and basic
nutrition
7.Treatment of communicable and non-communicable disease and
promotion of mental health
8. Safe water and sanitation
Other elements of Primary Health Care
1.Expended options of immunizations
2.Reproductive health needs
3.Provision of essential technologies for health
4.Health promotion
5.Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
6.Food safety and provision of selected food supplements
Principles of Primary Health Care
Basic objectives to launch and sustain PHC:
- Improve the level of health care of the community
- Promote favorable population growth structure
- Reduce the morbidity and mortality rates especially among
infants and children - Reduce prevalence of preventable, communicable, and other
diseases - Improve basic sanitation
- Extend essential health services especially to underserved
sectors - Develop the capability of the community to become self-reliant
- Encourage the contribution of other sectors to the social and
economic development of the community - Provide equitable distribution of health care
- Ensure community participation and monitor adequacy and
distribution of health workers who are supported locally and at the
referral levels - Recognize that the formal health sector needs other sectors in
the promotion of health (multi-sectoral approach) - Use the appropriate technology which are accessible, feasible,
affordable, and culturally acceptable to the community
management of the primary health care:
- planning
- organizing
- staffing
- controlling
- directing
Process of Management:
Health care managers usually carry out the following functions in the process of
management:
- Planning
- Organizing
- Staffing
- Controlling
- Directing
setting priorities and determining performance targets. Managers
are usually required to set direction and determine what needs to be done
planning
refers to designing the organization or the specific division, unit, or
service for which the manager is responsible. Involves determining positions and
teamwork assignments, and distributing authority and responsibility
organizing
refers to acquiring and retaining human resources, and developing
and maintaining the workforce through various strategies and tactics
staffing
refers to monitoring staff activities and performance and taking
the appropriate actions for corrective actions to increase performance
controlling
focuses on initiating action in the organization through the effective
leadership, motivation, and communication of managers
directing
Management Principles in Relation to
Organizing:
- authority
- two types of authority
- Centralization, Decentralization, and Formalization
- staffing
Authority refers to the formal and legitimate right of a manager
to issue orders, make decisions, and allocate resources to
achieve desired outcomes of the organization.
- Authority, responsibility, and accountability
