EC248 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Marginal Cost, Canada, Utility
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Care system: the health yste(cid:373): defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)health(cid:863) The world health orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) (cid:894)who(cid:895) defi(cid:374)es good health to (cid:271)e (cid:862)a state of (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete physical, social and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or i(cid:374)fir(cid:373)ity(cid:863) The health system refers to aspects of society having an important bearing on the health of individuals and the population as a whole. The health system includes: the goods, services, and activities primarily intended to improve or maintain health, variety of other activities people pursue for reasons unrelated to health but which can impact health (ex. The determinants of health can usefully be divided into three broad categories: Individual-level determinants of health: community-level determinants of health. Interactions between individual-level and community-level determinants of health. Within any health care system, there are four main aspects to consider: governance, financing, delivery, regulation. Governance refers to the set of institutions that oversee the health care system.
