Resource Allocation in Health Systems Flashcards
1
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Equity
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Fairness
2
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Equality
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Sameness
3
Q
Aristotle’s theory of distributive justice
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makes the distinction between vertical and horizontal equity:
- horizontal equity refers to equity between people with the same health care needs
- vertical equity refers to those with unequal needs who should
receive different or unequal health care
4
Q
Measuring health inequalities can be achieved by:
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- Measuring health need
- Measuring access to health care
- Measuring quality of health care
5
Q
Pressures on Budgets
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⚫ Covid-19
⚫ Workforce…..vacancies and shortages=agency staff
⚫ Demand/ targets and indicators
⚫ Medicines [New controlled by NICE or Scottish
medicines consortium] older by market
⚫ Savings
⚫ Innovation
6
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Factors Contributing to Inequalities
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⚫ Adverse childhood experiences ⚫ Poor Health literacy ⚫ Poor understanding of risk ⚫ Poverty and debt ⚫ Obesity ⚫ Drugs and alcohol ⚫ SmokingX
