PUBH 6012 FINAL EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● Roemer's definition of a health system
Answer: Combination of resources, organization financing, and
management that culminates in the delivery of heatlh services to the
population
●● WHO Health System Objectives
Answer: 1) Improve Health
2) Respond to expectations
3) Provide financial protections against cost of ill health (equal at
absolute levels and comparative (fairness) levels among groups within
and across countries)
●● Roemer's framework of affluence and government control
Answer: -Entrepreneurial: delegation to private insurance and private
delivery (Switzerland, United States, Philippines, South Africa)
-Welfare-oriented: national employment-based insurance (SHI) with
mixed delivery (employed contribute to financing health system)
(Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Egypt, Malaysia, Argentina,
Chile, Columbia, Mexico, India, Taiwan)
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● Roemer's definition of a health system
Answer: Combination of resources, organization financing, and
management that culminates in the delivery of heatlh services to the
population
●● WHO Health System Objectives
Answer: 1) Improve Health
2) Respond to expectations
3) Provide financial protections against cost of ill health (equal at
absolute levels and comparative (fairness) levels among groups within
and across countries)
●● Roemer's framework of affluence and government control
Answer: -Entrepreneurial: delegation to private insurance and private
delivery (Switzerland, United States, Philippines, South Africa)
-Welfare-oriented: national employment-based insurance (SHI) with
mixed delivery (employed contribute to financing health system)
(Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Egypt, Malaysia, Argentina,
Chile, Columbia, Mexico, India, Taiwan)