US Health Care System

Question 1

10 Essential PH Services

Answer 1

3. Inform, educate and empower people about health issues
4. Link personal with needed personal health service and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
5. Ensure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
6. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population- based health services

Question 2

The US healthcare system is unique

Answer 2

market based system (governed by laws of supply and demand), no single point of accountability (individual or organization) that is in charge of the system

Question 3

4 Goals of HCS

Answer 3

1. Quality of Life: people seeks medical care in emergence to life, be healthy, live healthy life
2. System Performance: when people need care it is available, of fair cost, and can respond to new or emerging challenges
3. Cost benefits: does the cost of care reflect in the benefits that the patients are receiving
4. Reducing Structural Flaws: financing

Question 4

Quality Care has Six Elements

Answer 4

safe, effective, patients, timely, efficient, equitable

Question 5

4 Main Problems of HCS

Answer 5

1. Cost of care: 4,500,000,000,000 spent on the healthcare system
2. Access to coverage and care: is difficult for many working class and vulnerable populations
3. Quality and Accountability: are inconsistent and poorly measured
4. Racial and Economic disparities: are increasing, as are the # of vulnerable populations

Question 6

Components of Healthcare Systems

Answer 6

patients, providers, admin and staff services, facilities health care delivery

Question 7

Clinical Workforce

Answer 7

physicians, nurses, various -ist (density, pharmacist, ophthalmologist)

Question 8

Purpose of Insurance

Answer 8

A mean of protection against finanical lost

Question 9

US healthcare system is a multiparty system that finances the cost of care

Answer 9

Private- employer: sponsored, individual markets, health saving account
public- medicare, medicaid, SCHIP, Tricare, IHS

Question 10

In 2019 56% of Americans were covered through private payer plans

Question 11

Target particular populations because high healthcare needs and low socioeconomic status

Answer 11

• medicare: elderly, disabled, end-stage renal disease
• medicaid: low-income individuals/ families
• SCHIP: states children’s health insurance program
• veterans administration: veterans
• department of defense TRICARE: military personnel and their dependents
• IHS: Indian health services: Native Americans

Question 12

10% of Americans are uninsured, rates higher among racial and ethnic minorities