Management and Governance Paradigms in Health (SGHMANGOV) - HEALTH SYSTEM
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What is the primary purpose of health systems?

  • To provide non-personal health services
  • To promote, restore or maintain health (correct)
  • To focus on diagnosing health conditions
  • To manage health problems

    • What type of health services focus on population health?

  • Social health services
  • Personal health services
  • Intersectoral health services
  • Non-personal health services (correct)

    • What do personal health services involve?

  • Providing non-personal health services
  • Ensuring health problems do not deteriorate people's social conditions
  • Health promotion and system-level interventions
  • Diagnosing, treating, and managing health conditions (correct)

    • What is the focus of health systems, in addition to restoring health?

    <p>Promoting and maintaining health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of non-personal health services?

    <p>To focus on population health, health promotion, and system-level interventions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary objective of a health system?

    <p>Improving the health of the population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of financing in a health system?

    <p>Raising, pooling and allocating revenues to purchase services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the responsibility of stewards in a health system?

    <p>Acting as stewards of resources, powers and expectations entrusted to them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main component of the WHO health systems framework?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a good health financing system expected to achieve?

    <p>Ensure people can use needed services without financial catastrophe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key element in health financing?

    <p>Raising sufficient funds for health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of good health services?

    <p>Delivering effective, safe, quality personal and non-personal health interventions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key element in human resources for health?

    <p>Establishing payment systems that produce the right kind of incentives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key element in essential medical products and technologies?

    <p>Establishing essential list of health products per level of care</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key element in health information?

    <p>Providing timely and quality evidence to inform policy development and planning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key element in leadership and governance?

    <p>Ensuring health authorities take responsibility for stewardship of the entire health sector</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of health financing?

    <p>To raise sufficient funds for health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the goal of health service delivery?

    <p>To deliver effective, safe, quality personal and non-personal health interventions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key element in essential medical products and technologies?

    <p>Establishing essential list of health products per level of care</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of health authorities in leadership and governance?

    <p>To take responsibility for stewardship of the entire health sector</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Personal health services focus on population health.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Non-personal health services involve direct patient care.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Health systems aim to only promote health.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The primary purpose of health systems is to address social issues.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Ensuring health problems do not lead to further social deterioration is a key aspect of health systems.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The primary function of a health system is to provide financial risk protection.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The WHO health systems framework consists of only three major components.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Non-personal health services are focused on individual health.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A good health financing system should raise inadequate funds for health.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The stewardship function of a health system is responsible for raising revenues to purchase services.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The health system's objective is to only respond to people's expectations.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Raising sufficient funds for health is a key element in health financing.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Good health services only focus on personalized health interventions.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A well-performing health workforce is characterized by a lack of competent staff.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Equitable access to essential health products and technologies is ensured in a well-functioning health system.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Health information systems do not use information technology for better health services.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Leadership and governance in health systems involve ignoring strategic policy frameworks.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Health financing is only focused on raising funds for health.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Health services delivery involves minimum waste of resources.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Human resources for health only focus on achieving sufficient numbers of staff.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Essential medical products and technologies are not monitored for availability and price.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    The Health System as a Social Determinant of Health

    • Access to healthcare can impact differences in exposure and vulnerability, and subsequently affect health outcomes.
    • Healthcare systems comprise personal and non-personal health services, with personal services focusing on direct patient care and non-personal services involving population health, health promotion, and system-level interventions.

    What is a Health System?

    • A health system is defined by the WHO as all activities that promote, restore, or maintain health.
    • It encompasses healthcare institutions, human resources, financing mechanisms, information systems, and management structures that deliver health services to patients.

    Fundamental Objectives of Health Systems

    • Improving the health of the population.
    • Responding to people's expectations.
    • Providing financial risk protection.

    Functions of Health Systems

    • Service provision: delivering personal and non-personal health services.
    • Resource generation: investing in people, facilities, and equipment.
    • Financing: raising, pooling, and allocating revenues to purchase services.
    • Stewardship: acting as stewards of resources, powers, and expectations.

    Health Financing

    • A good health financing system raises adequate funds, ensures access to needed services, and protects against financial catastrophe or impoverishment.
    • Key elements include raising sufficient funds, pooling financial resources, and using funds efficiently and equitably.

    Service Delivery

    • Good health services deliver effective, safe, quality personal and non-personal health interventions.
    • Key elements include organizing health services, providing a package of health benefits, ensuring access and quality, and holding providers accountable.

    Human Resources for Health

    • A well-performing health workforce consists of sufficient numbers and a mix of competent, responsive, productive, and efficient staff.
    • Key elements include achieving sufficient numbers of staff, ensuring system-wide deployment, establishing job-related norms, and establishing payment systems.

    Essential Medical Products and Technologies

    • A well-functioning health system ensures equitable access to essential health products and technologies of assured quality, safety, and efficacy.
    • Key elements include strengthening regulatory systems, establishing essential lists of health products, improving supply and distribution, and promoting rational prescribing.

    Health Information

    • A well-functioning health information system produces, analyzes, disseminates, and uses reliable and timely information on health determinants, health systems performance, and health status.
    • Key elements include providing timely and quality evidence, making information accessible, and maximizing use of information technology.

    Leadership and Governance

    • Leadership and governance involve ensuring strategic policy frameworks, effective oversight, coalition-building, provision of regulations and incentives, and accountability.
    • Key elements include ensuring health authorities take responsibility, defining national health policies, regulating and enforcing legal mandates, and ensuring effective dialogues with health partners.

    The Health System as a Social Determinant of Health

    • Access to healthcare can impact differences in exposure and vulnerability, and subsequently affect health outcomes.
    • Healthcare systems comprise personal and non-personal health services, with personal services focusing on direct patient care and non-personal services involving population health, health promotion, and system-level interventions.

    What is a Health System?

    • A health system is defined by the WHO as all activities that promote, restore, or maintain health.
    • It encompasses healthcare institutions, human resources, financing mechanisms, information systems, and management structures that deliver health services to patients.

    Fundamental Objectives of Health Systems

    • Improving the health of the population.
    • Responding to people's expectations.
    • Providing financial risk protection.

    Functions of Health Systems

    • Service provision: delivering personal and non-personal health services.
    • Resource generation: investing in people, facilities, and equipment.
    • Financing: raising, pooling, and allocating revenues to purchase services.
    • Stewardship: acting as stewards of resources, powers, and expectations.

    Health Financing

    • A good health financing system raises adequate funds, ensures access to needed services, and protects against financial catastrophe or impoverishment.
    • Key elements include raising sufficient funds, pooling financial resources, and using funds efficiently and equitably.

    Service Delivery

    • Good health services deliver effective, safe, quality personal and non-personal health interventions.
    • Key elements include organizing health services, providing a package of health benefits, ensuring access and quality, and holding providers accountable.

    Human Resources for Health

    • A well-performing health workforce consists of sufficient numbers and a mix of competent, responsive, productive, and efficient staff.
    • Key elements include achieving sufficient numbers of staff, ensuring system-wide deployment, establishing job-related norms, and establishing payment systems.

    Essential Medical Products and Technologies

    • A well-functioning health system ensures equitable access to essential health products and technologies of assured quality, safety, and efficacy.
    • Key elements include strengthening regulatory systems, establishing essential lists of health products, improving supply and distribution, and promoting rational prescribing.

    Health Information

    • A well-functioning health information system produces, analyzes, disseminates, and uses reliable and timely information on health determinants, health systems performance, and health status.
    • Key elements include providing timely and quality evidence, making information accessible, and maximizing use of information technology.

    Leadership and Governance

    • Leadership and governance involve ensuring strategic policy frameworks, effective oversight, coalition-building, provision of regulations and incentives, and accountability.
    • Key elements include ensuring health authorities take responsibility, defining national health policies, regulating and enforcing legal mandates, and ensuring effective dialogues with health partners.

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