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A health system, also sometimes referred to as health care system or healthcare system, is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.
There is a wide variety of health systems around the world, with as many histories and organizational structures as there are nations. Implicitly, nations must design and develop health systems in accordance with their needs and resources, although common elements in virtually all health systems are primary healthcare and public health measures. In some countries, health system planning is distributed among market participants. In others, there is a concerted effort among governments, trade unions, charities, religious organizations, or other co-ordinated bodies to deliver planned health care services targeted to the populations they serve. However, health care planning has been described as often evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
The World Health Organization (WHO), the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system, is promoting a goal of universal health care: to ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship when paying for them. According to WHO, healthcare systems' goals are good health for the citizens, responsiveness to the expectations of the population, and fair means of funding operations. Progress towards them depends on how systems carry out four vital functions: provision of health care services, resource generation, financing, and stewardship. Other dimensions for the evaluation of health systems include quality, efficiency, acceptability, and equity. They have also been described in the United States as "the five C's": Cost, Coverage, Consistency, Complexity, and Chronic Illness. Also, continuity of health care is a major goal.
Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings. Health care is delivered by health professionals (providers or practitioners) in allied health professions, chiropractic, physicians, dentistry, midwifery, nursing, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, psychology, and other health professions. It includes the work done in providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health.
Access to health care varies across countries, groups, and individuals, largely influenced by social and economic conditions as well as the health policies in place. Countries and jurisdictions have different policies and plans in relation to the personal and population-based health care goals within their societies. Health care systems are organizations established to meet the health needs of target populations. Their exact configuration varies between national and subnational entities. In some countries and jurisdictions, health care planning is distributed among market participants, whereas in others, planning occurs more centrally among governments or other coordinating bodies. In all cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), a well-functioning health care system requires a robust financing mechanism; a well-trained and adequately-paid workforce; reliable information on which to base decisions and policies; and well maintained health facilities and logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies.
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You can directly support Healthcare Triage on Patreon: http://vid.io/xqXr If you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content. We've been getting a lot of requests to talk about the health care systems of different countries. It's really hard to compress the complexities of each into an episode, but we're going to try. First up is the United States. Others will follow, including next week. Make sure you subscribe above so you don't miss any upcoming episodes! Here are references for all the stuff I talk about: John's video on health care costs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSjGouBmo0M Aaron's series on costs: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/what-makes-the-us-health-care-system-so-expensive-introduction/ Aaron's series on ...
http://www.worldbank.org/health - Meet Maya, whose healthy birth is the result of stronger health systems. Strengthening health systems is at the center of the World Bank's global strategy for health, nutrition, and population. We don't focus only on one disease or condition, we look at health as a whole -- what is preventing people from being healthy, how we can change this, and what impact it will have on development. Watch this short video to learn more.
A health system is the basis of improving health in any society or community. This video will give you a very basic introduction to how they work.
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Health of the Healthcare System is a diagnostic look at the state of our healthcare system. How does the U.S. healthcare system compare to health systems of other high-income countries, and how has it fared over time? Kaiser Health News and former NPR reporter, Julie Rovner, takes us through a check-up of our system by assessing four key areas: how healthy we are, the quality of care we receive, how much it costs, and how accessible it is. This video was written and produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, as part of its partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare. All charts and data referenced in the video are available on the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker. http://www.healthsystemtracker.org/
You can directly support Healthcare Triage on Patreon: http://vid.io/xqXr If you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content. The last international health care system we covered – Singapore – got a great response from all of you. This week. We head back to Europe. Specifically, we're going to Germany. Their universal health care system is based on the principles of Bismark, which say that the state should provide only for those unable to provide for themselves. It's a private insurance system, and it's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage. Those of you who want to read more and see references can go here: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/?p=57058 Additionally, Aaron's new book is out! Please consider buying a copy. He'd ...
The Modern Health Care System in the United States and a history and timeline of how we got to where we are today. This whiteboard video / lecture. During the 2nd World War, wage and price controls are placed on American employers. To compete for workers, companies began to offer health benefits, giving rise to the employer-based system in place today. In 2012, A Silicon Valley Doctor Launches StepOne Heath, an Easy Connection to New Health Care StepOne Health is a digital starting line that allows consumers to be proactive, informed, and in charge of their health care decisions. StepOne Health combines easy access to early detection and prevention with a community of connected people changing the health care experience. Visit Steponehealth.com
You can directly support Healthcare Triage on Patreon: http://vid.io/xqXr If you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content. Last week we discussed the United States health care system. This week we discuss Canada's. We also take some time to bust some myths about their single payer health care system. Fight about it in the comments below. Make sure you subscribe above so you don't miss any upcoming episodes! References for a lot of the "myths" about Canada can be found here: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/in-defense-of-canada/ Aaron's series on quality is here: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/how-do-we-rate-the-quality-of-the-us-health-care-system-introduction/ Canadian wait time data is here: http://www.hc-sc....
In which John discusses the complicated reasons why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, and along the way reveals some surprising information, including that Americans spend more of their tax dollars on public health care than people in Canada, the UK, or Australia. Who's at fault? Insurance companies? Drug companies? Malpractice lawyers? Hospitals? Or is it more complicated than a simple blame game? (Hint: It's that one.) For a much more thorough examination of health care expenses in America, I recommend this series at The Incidental Economist: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/what-makes-the-us-health-care-system-so-expensive-introduction/ The Commonwealth Fund's Study of Health Care Prices in the US: http://www.commonweal...
This episode of TWiGH will focus on Health Systems. To subscribe to our news-letter and get the "show notes" from each show, click here http://www.twigh.org/news-letter/ What are "Health Systems": - Leadership and governance - Financing - Information technologies - Healthcare products - Human resources for health - Service delivery Medical products and technologies represent the second (after salaries) largest component of health expenditure in low and middle income countries. Components of a functioning system include: - A regulatory system that ensures high quality and safe products are available - A national list of essential medical products per level of care, treatment protocols and procurement guides - A supply and distribution system to ensure universal access - A nati...
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How will healthcare change in the future? Dr. Stephen Klasko shares his insights on healthcare reform in this informative talk cleverly staged in the year 2020. As the President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and its affiliated Hospital, Dr. Klasko manages enormous change – both in health care and in the business of running a major college and hospital. His work focuses on merging the two, finding ways to expand medicine into the community in innovative ways. Dr. Stephen Klasko is the President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health System. Jefferson is the largest freestanding academic medical center in Philadelphia, with over 12,000 employees and 3,700 students. About...
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Three times in the last two weeks, people — a patient, a colleague and my wife — told me stories about how out of control the price of EpiPens were. Monday, my New York Times colleagues recounted in detail how expensive the devices have become in recent years. All tell the tale of how much even basic health care can cost in the United States. But by digging a bit further, the story of EpiPens can also explain so much of what’s wrong with our health care system. That’s the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage. This episode was adapted from a column Aaron wrote for The Upshot. Links to further reading and sources can be found there: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/upshot/the-epipen-a-case-study-in-health-care-system-dysfunction.html John Green -- Executive Producer Stan Muller -- Dire...
When my wife’s water broke, minutes after I went to bed back in January of 2002, I remember driving her to the hospital and anguishing over one thought: “I’m never going to be well rested again”. If there’s one things all new parents wish, it’s for a good night’s sleep. Unfortunately, infants sometimes make that impossible. They wake up repeatedly, needing to be fed, changed, and comforted. Eventually, they reach an age when they should sleep through the night. Some don’t, though. What to do with them continues to be a topic of a heated debate in parenting circles. That’s the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage. This was adapted from a column Aaron wrote for the Upshot. Links to further reading and sources can be found there: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/upshot/putting-your-bab...
What Is Medical Tourism? http://testu.be/1j41Myr Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml U.S. health care costs are higher than any other country in the world. So what is it about America's system that makes it so expensive? Learn More: Why Americans Are Drowning in Medical Debt http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/why-americans-are-drowning-in-medical-debt/381163/ "After his recent herniated-disk surgery, Peter Drier was ready for the $56,000 hospital charge, the $4,300 anesthesiologist bill, and the $133,000 fee for orthopedist. " Here's a Map of the Countries That Provide Universal Health Care (America's Still Not on It) http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/heres-a-map-of-the-countries-that-provide-universal-health-care-americas-still-not-on-it/259153/...
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