HCD 303: Global Healthcare Systems
System - correct answer✔ ✔ 1. a set of connected things or parts
forming a complex whole.
2. a set of principles or procedures according to which something is
done; an organized scheme or method.
Quality - correct answer✔ ✔ The health outcomes based on the
quality of care that is provided
Access - correct answer✔ ✔ How obtainable it is for someone to
apply for healthcare
Cost - correct answer✔ ✔ The price of a given service
Universal Coverage - correct answer✔ ✔ All citizens within a
country have access to healthcare insurance, regardless of individual
circumstance.
Every OECD is able to get its citizens ___________coverage, except for
the US.
,Globalization - correct answer✔ ✔ A process of interaction and
integration among people, companies, and government of different
nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided
by information technology.
Social Solidarity - correct answer✔ ✔ The principle that the
government has a responsibility to ensure all citizens have access to
essential social services including healthcare
In other words....
The belief that the government has an obligation to ensure all citizens
have access to healthcare
Subsidiarity - correct answer✔ ✔ The principle belief that matters of
government responsibility should be handled at the lowest level of
government that makes operational sense
In other words....
The principle that organization both social and political issues should be
handled at the most local or least centralized competent authority
,Generalized Reciprocity - correct answer✔ ✔ The principle belief in
giving to someone/something knowing that you may not get an
immediate returned benefit
Centralized - correct answer✔ ✔ Used to describe when healthcare is
structured, organized and delivered at the federal level (single authority)
In other words...
Organization, regulations, and power is centralized at the federal level of
government.
Decentralized - correct answer✔ ✔ Used to describe when healthcare
is structured, organized, and delivered at the regional or state level.
In other words...
Organization, regulations, and power is decentralized to the regional or
state levels of government.
Federal - correct answer✔ ✔ Centralized government (A system in
which power is divided between the national and state governments)
, Regional - correct answer✔ ✔ Decentralized government
(Government run)
Public Health Services/Insurance - correct answer✔ ✔ Term used to
describe when an organization or program is operated by the
government (at ANY level)
Private Health Services/Insurance - correct answer✔ ✔ Term used to
describe when an organization is operated by a non-government body
(Entity is owned by anyone BUT the government)
Copayment - correct answer✔ ✔ A set dollar amount, set by the
insurance company, that must be paid by the patient at the point of
service
Co-Insurance - correct answer✔ ✔ A set percentage of the total bill
that must be paid by the patient at the point of service for the healthcare
services
Deductible - correct answer✔ ✔ The set dollar amount that must be
paid by the patient annually prior to the insurance company covering any
medical expenses
System - correct answer✔ ✔ 1. a set of connected things or parts
forming a complex whole.
2. a set of principles or procedures according to which something is
done; an organized scheme or method.
Quality - correct answer✔ ✔ The health outcomes based on the
quality of care that is provided
Access - correct answer✔ ✔ How obtainable it is for someone to
apply for healthcare
Cost - correct answer✔ ✔ The price of a given service
Universal Coverage - correct answer✔ ✔ All citizens within a
country have access to healthcare insurance, regardless of individual
circumstance.
Every OECD is able to get its citizens ___________coverage, except for
the US.
,Globalization - correct answer✔ ✔ A process of interaction and
integration among people, companies, and government of different
nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided
by information technology.
Social Solidarity - correct answer✔ ✔ The principle that the
government has a responsibility to ensure all citizens have access to
essential social services including healthcare
In other words....
The belief that the government has an obligation to ensure all citizens
have access to healthcare
Subsidiarity - correct answer✔ ✔ The principle belief that matters of
government responsibility should be handled at the lowest level of
government that makes operational sense
In other words....
The principle that organization both social and political issues should be
handled at the most local or least centralized competent authority
,Generalized Reciprocity - correct answer✔ ✔ The principle belief in
giving to someone/something knowing that you may not get an
immediate returned benefit
Centralized - correct answer✔ ✔ Used to describe when healthcare is
structured, organized and delivered at the federal level (single authority)
In other words...
Organization, regulations, and power is centralized at the federal level of
government.
Decentralized - correct answer✔ ✔ Used to describe when healthcare
is structured, organized, and delivered at the regional or state level.
In other words...
Organization, regulations, and power is decentralized to the regional or
state levels of government.
Federal - correct answer✔ ✔ Centralized government (A system in
which power is divided between the national and state governments)
, Regional - correct answer✔ ✔ Decentralized government
(Government run)
Public Health Services/Insurance - correct answer✔ ✔ Term used to
describe when an organization or program is operated by the
government (at ANY level)
Private Health Services/Insurance - correct answer✔ ✔ Term used to
describe when an organization is operated by a non-government body
(Entity is owned by anyone BUT the government)
Copayment - correct answer✔ ✔ A set dollar amount, set by the
insurance company, that must be paid by the patient at the point of
service
Co-Insurance - correct answer✔ ✔ A set percentage of the total bill
that must be paid by the patient at the point of service for the healthcare
services
Deductible - correct answer✔ ✔ The set dollar amount that must be
paid by the patient annually prior to the insurance company covering any
medical expenses
