Introduction To Health Systems PDF

Introduction to Health Systems 6. System of regulation and licensing that protects the public from, unsafe Health: products, ineffective medicines or inept A state of com...

Introduction to Health Systems 6. System of regulation and licensing that protects the public from, unsafe Health: products, ineffective medicines or inept A state of complete physical, mental and treatment social wellbeing, and not merely the Note: absence of disease or infirmity Is a fundamental human right and … a A good health system delivers effective, most important world-wide social goal.” appropriate, safe, quality health care to those who need it; when they need it. Health Care Common Mistake of Health System refers to chemicals, devices, and services used by people to improve their 1. Think that the public sector service health delivery system is “the health system” 2. Think that studying health system Health Insurance means looking at the organization A system of paying for unpredictable chart of the public sector needs for health care System Set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole Set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network Physiology Set of organs in the body with a common structure or function Health system A set of inter-related services, processes and capacities that include: 1. Direct service delivery to the population 2. Supporting services that make service delivery possible 3. Health workforce and their development 4. Physical infrastructure needed to deliver the health services 5. Financing arrangements- might include health insurance, direct payments by patients, public funding, international aid  Philippine Health Financing HEALTH CARE FINANCING