Primary Health Care Flashcards
6 building blocks of health care system
Service delivery - is the service effective, safe, are the health care provider personality good
Health workforce - one which occurs in ways that are responsive, fair and effective to achieve the best health outcomes possible given resources and circumstances.do they have sufficient staff, fair distribution, are they competent, responsive and productive.
Health information system - one that ensures production, analysis, dissemination and use of reliable and timely info on health determinants, health system performance and health status. A well functioning system ensures equitable access to essential.
Medical products, vaccines and technologies - of assured quality, safety, efficacy, and cost effectiveness and their scientifically sound.
Health financing - raises adequate funds for health, in ways that ensures people can use needed services and are protected from financial catastrophe or impoverishment associated with having to pay for them.
Leadership and governance - involves ensuring strategic policy framework exist and are combined with effective oversight, coalition building provision of appropriate regulation and incentives, attention to system design and accountability
Define primary health care
Essential healthcare made universally accessible to individuals and acceptable to them through their fully participation and at a cost community and country can afford.
Key principles of primary health care - 4A and 3E
Available - must include a range of essential services
Accessibility - need to be at least 10km from where people live. Functionally accessible.
Acceptable - should be accepted by community.
Appropriate - appropriate to community needs
Efficient - making good use of time and resources.
Effective - have power to produce desired outcomes.
Equity - social fairness or justice
Criteria to assess primary health care
Responsiveness - must respond to the needs of citizens.
Universal access - everyone has access without financial or other barriers.
Equity - must not create two or more tiers.
Fair burden - fair distribution of burden.
Comprehensive benefits - must meet all the full range of our health care needs
