GHP EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Governance ✅✅ANSW-The actions and means adopted by a society to organize itself in the
promotion and protection of the health of its population.
Stewardship ✅✅ANSW-The wide range of functions carried out by governments as they seek to
achieve national healthy policy objectives
Health systems around the world ✅✅ANSW-National Health Service, National Health Insurance,
Pluralistic
National Health Service ✅✅ANSW-Outside of a relatively small private health sector, the
government is the sole payer for health care and owns most of the healthcare facilities. Mostly
financed by taxes.
ex. United Kingdom & Cuba
Universal health coverage ✅✅ANSW-Ensuring that all people can use the promotive, preventive,
curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective,
while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship.
Primary Health Care (PHC) ✅✅ANSW-Is care that is essential and socially acceptable. It must also
be based on evidence and made universally available. It addresses the needs of the community and
is affordable. It provides preventive, promoting, curative, and rehabilitative services. Personnel who
are sensitive to the needs of the community would staff these services.
Primary care ✅✅ANSW-The provision of first contact, person-focused, ongoing care over time
that meets the health-related needs of people, refers (to a hospital) only those problems too
uncommon to maintain competence, and coordinates care when people receive services at other
levels of care.
National Health Insurance ✅✅ANSW-System, in principle, offer health insurance to all people for
an agreed package of systems as having "social health insurace". Some systems include a number of
different insurance providers who cover similar or identical service packages. Other systems,
insurance is generally provided through government entity/ies.
I.e - Canada, France, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand
, Pluralistic Health Care Systems ✅✅ANSW-Systems in which the public sector; private for-profit
sector; and private, not for-profit sectors all play important roles: Taxes and employer and employee
insurance contributions, individual purchase out of insurance, and out of pocket
I.e - US, Nigeria, India
Initial health care around the world ✅✅ANSW-Indigenous healers, bone setters, Shaman,
pharmacist, doctor, etc.
Health system ✅✅ANSW-Sum total of all the organizations, institutions & resources whose
primary purpose is to improve health.
Goals of health system ✅✅ANSW-good health, responsiveness to the expectations of the
population, fairness of financial contribution
Expenditures on health as a share of GDP ✅✅ANSW-US has the highest
Fundamental questions related to UHC ✅✅ANSW-Who should be covered?
What services should be covered?
What share of the costs should the insurance scheme pay?
Declaration of Alma-Ata ✅✅ANSW-Health as a fundamental human right for individuals, families,
and communities
The importance of primary health care as the foundation for achieving better heath
The imperative to take more integrated approaches to enhancing health and to preventive,
promotive, and rehabilitative services of appropriate quality
The need to make greater progress in reducing inequalities in health
The need to focus greater attention on the growing burden of non-communicable disease
Out of pocket expenses should decrease ✅✅ANSW-Private health expenditures as a country
transitions toward UHC
CORRECT ANSWERS
Governance ✅✅ANSW-The actions and means adopted by a society to organize itself in the
promotion and protection of the health of its population.
Stewardship ✅✅ANSW-The wide range of functions carried out by governments as they seek to
achieve national healthy policy objectives
Health systems around the world ✅✅ANSW-National Health Service, National Health Insurance,
Pluralistic
National Health Service ✅✅ANSW-Outside of a relatively small private health sector, the
government is the sole payer for health care and owns most of the healthcare facilities. Mostly
financed by taxes.
ex. United Kingdom & Cuba
Universal health coverage ✅✅ANSW-Ensuring that all people can use the promotive, preventive,
curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective,
while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship.
Primary Health Care (PHC) ✅✅ANSW-Is care that is essential and socially acceptable. It must also
be based on evidence and made universally available. It addresses the needs of the community and
is affordable. It provides preventive, promoting, curative, and rehabilitative services. Personnel who
are sensitive to the needs of the community would staff these services.
Primary care ✅✅ANSW-The provision of first contact, person-focused, ongoing care over time
that meets the health-related needs of people, refers (to a hospital) only those problems too
uncommon to maintain competence, and coordinates care when people receive services at other
levels of care.
National Health Insurance ✅✅ANSW-System, in principle, offer health insurance to all people for
an agreed package of systems as having "social health insurace". Some systems include a number of
different insurance providers who cover similar or identical service packages. Other systems,
insurance is generally provided through government entity/ies.
I.e - Canada, France, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand
, Pluralistic Health Care Systems ✅✅ANSW-Systems in which the public sector; private for-profit
sector; and private, not for-profit sectors all play important roles: Taxes and employer and employee
insurance contributions, individual purchase out of insurance, and out of pocket
I.e - US, Nigeria, India
Initial health care around the world ✅✅ANSW-Indigenous healers, bone setters, Shaman,
pharmacist, doctor, etc.
Health system ✅✅ANSW-Sum total of all the organizations, institutions & resources whose
primary purpose is to improve health.
Goals of health system ✅✅ANSW-good health, responsiveness to the expectations of the
population, fairness of financial contribution
Expenditures on health as a share of GDP ✅✅ANSW-US has the highest
Fundamental questions related to UHC ✅✅ANSW-Who should be covered?
What services should be covered?
What share of the costs should the insurance scheme pay?
Declaration of Alma-Ata ✅✅ANSW-Health as a fundamental human right for individuals, families,
and communities
The importance of primary health care as the foundation for achieving better heath
The imperative to take more integrated approaches to enhancing health and to preventive,
promotive, and rehabilitative services of appropriate quality
The need to make greater progress in reducing inequalities in health
The need to focus greater attention on the growing burden of non-communicable disease
Out of pocket expenses should decrease ✅✅ANSW-Private health expenditures as a country
transitions toward UHC
