Healthcare Flashcards
(19 cards)
What did Field (1989) attempt to do? (Healthcare health)
Sought to classify services by looking at;
- Doctor roles
- Ownership
- Payments
- Equipment
What countries have emergent health care? (Healthcare health)
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- India
What countries have pluralistic health care? (Healthcare health)
- USA
What countries have insurance health care? (Healthcare health)
- France
- Japan
- Spain
What countries have national health care? (Healthcare health)
- Canada
- UK
What countries have socialised health care? (Healthcare health)
- China
- Cuba
What does emergent healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)
- Personal consumption
- Private ownership
- Direct payment to doctors
- State role is minimal
What does pluralistic healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)
- Consumer product
- Private and public ownership
- Indirect payment
- State role is minimal
What does insurance healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)
- Consumer product
- Private and public ownership
- Indirect payment
- Clear indirect state role
What does national healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)
- Readily available
- Public and private ownership
- Indirect payment
- Clear central state role
What does social healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)
- Readily available
- Publicly owned
- Completely indirect payment
- States role is total
Why do LEDC’s tend to see an increase in disease that can be easily controlled? (Healthcare health)
Traditional culture and rejection of western medicine allows a rapid spread
What are the advantages to training one local basic health care to distribute to the immediate community? (Healthcare health)
- Inexpensive
- Creates jobs
- Increases community independence
What are the disadvantages to training one local basic health care to distribute to the immediate community? (Healthcare health)
- Cannot treat major injuries
- Only short term solution
- No facilities to operate in
In Ethiopia in 2005, bed nets were given out. How much did this decrease malaria cases by? (Healthcare health)
20% in one year
Expenditure on MEDC’s health care tends to be aimed towards what? (Healthcare health)
Prevention
How is prevention of disease reached in an MEDC? (Healthcare health)
- Vaccinations
- Early diagnosis
- Education
- Support services
How does France operate their healthcare system? (Healthcare health)
Insurance healthcare
Mainly government funded by given through insurance schemes so pay towards it
How does China operate their healthcare system? (Healthcare health)
Socialised healthcare
Providing health insurance so a small sum is paid to the central government
