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1
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What did Field (1989) attempt to do? (Healthcare health)

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Sought to classify services by looking at;

  • Doctor roles
  • Ownership
  • Payments
  • Equipment
2
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What countries have emergent health care? (Healthcare health)

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  • Bangladesh
  • Brazil
  • India
3
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What countries have pluralistic health care? (Healthcare health)

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  • USA
4
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What countries have insurance health care? (Healthcare health)

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  • France
  • Japan
  • Spain
5
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What countries have national health care? (Healthcare health)

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  • Canada

- UK

6
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What countries have socialised health care? (Healthcare health)

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  • China

- Cuba

7
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What does emergent healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)

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  • Personal consumption
  • Private ownership
  • Direct payment to doctors
  • State role is minimal
8
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What does pluralistic healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)

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  • Consumer product
  • Private and public ownership
  • Indirect payment
  • State role is minimal
9
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What does insurance healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)

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  • Consumer product
  • Private and public ownership
  • Indirect payment
  • Clear indirect state role
10
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What does national healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)

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  • Readily available
  • Public and private ownership
  • Indirect payment
  • Clear central state role
11
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What does social healthcare involve? (Healthcare health)

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  • Readily available
  • Publicly owned
  • Completely indirect payment
  • States role is total
12
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Why do LEDC’s tend to see an increase in disease that can be easily controlled? (Healthcare health)

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Traditional culture and rejection of western medicine allows a rapid spread

13
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What are the advantages to training one local basic health care to distribute to the immediate community? (Healthcare health)

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  • Inexpensive
  • Creates jobs
  • Increases community independence
14
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What are the disadvantages to training one local basic health care to distribute to the immediate community? (Healthcare health)

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  • Cannot treat major injuries
  • Only short term solution
  • No facilities to operate in
15
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In Ethiopia in 2005, bed nets were given out. How much did this decrease malaria cases by? (Healthcare health)

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20% in one year

16
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Expenditure on MEDC’s health care tends to be aimed towards what? (Healthcare health)

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Prevention

17
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How is prevention of disease reached in an MEDC? (Healthcare health)

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  • Vaccinations
  • Early diagnosis
  • Education
  • Support services
18
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How does France operate their healthcare system? (Healthcare health)

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Insurance healthcare

Mainly government funded by given through insurance schemes so pay towards it

19
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How does China operate their healthcare system? (Healthcare health)

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Socialised healthcare

Providing health insurance so a small sum is paid to the central government