Health Sciences 4044A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: World Health Organization, Health Policy, Health Human Resources
11 Nov 2016
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Combination of: health care institution, supporting human resources, financing mechanisms, organization structure, management structure. Responsibility: collective delivery of hc service to patients; the total sum of all organizations, institutions and resources with the primary focus to improve population health. Service delivery: effective, safe, high quality. Medical technology: access to current technologies, services or drugs. Health workforce: sufficient staffing, training, numbers, compensation. Health information: production, organization, sharing, reliable data. Health financing: enough funds, fair funding, incentives for providers. Leadership & governance: political, decision makers, accountability. Role of context: health systems are socially contracted, maintained & regulated direct linkages b between social circumstances. Needs & demands (of those who use system) are always changing & shifting, Hc systems don"t operate independently of political, social economic systems. Multinational corporations market to developing countries promoting privatization: support by world trade organization, nafta, european union encourages open markets in developing countries to private companies of the developed countries.
