GLPH Module 6 questions with complete
solutions
Universal health care supports ____ as a ____ ___ - correct answer ✔✔health as a human right
Recall from modulee 3 that in 2015, the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development,
which included the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). Building on the principle of "leaving no
one behind" this new agenda emphasized what - correct answer ✔✔a holistic approach to achieving
development foor all.
The third SDG aims to promote the ____-____ and ensure ____ _____ for all individuals at all ages,
meaning that ______ is a key component of the SDGS - correct answer ✔✔The third SDG aims to
promote the well-being and ensure healthy living for all individuals at all ages, meaning that Universal
Health Coverage (UHC) is a key component of the SDGs
According to the WHO, UHC enables: all people to have access to the health services they need, ____,
_____, and ___ ____ ____. UHC includes health ___, ___, ___, ___, and palliative services - correct
answer ✔✔"all people to have access to the health services they need, whenever, wherever, and
without financial hardship, UHC includes health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and
palliative services
How the WHO operationalized what UHC looks like? - correct answer ✔✔They have not developed
guidelines to operationalize what UHC looks like in practice - However, researchers have attempted to
defined UHC on a more practical level so they can study it
In studies on the global prrevalence of UHC, researchers often categorize a country as a provider of UHC
if it meets what two criteria? - correct answer ✔✔1) passed legislation (possess healthcare legislation
that explicitly states that the entire population is covered under a specified health plan)
2) essential services coverage
What does the passed legislation criteria mean? - correct answer ✔✔A country meets this criteria if they
possess healthcare legislation that explicitly states that the entire population is covered under a
specified health plan
,What is the essential services coverage based on? - correct answer ✔✔based on the service coverage
index, which is rated on a scale from 0-100, and is a measure of essential health service coverage based
on four components:
1) reproductive maternal, newborn, and child health
2) infectious diseases
3) non-communicable diseases
4) service capacity and access
A high score = high coverage (Canada = 89 = highest of any country)
It is important to note that there are four main methods used by countries to finance healthcare
coverage. Some countries rely largely on one method, while others use a combination of methods. What
are the four? - correct answer ✔✔1) social insurance
2) state coverage
3) private health insurance
4) employer based insurance
what is social insuraance? - correct answer ✔✔employeers and employees (iincluding self-employeed)
pay contributions towards health servcies. These are usually legislated by law and cover the entire
population. Wealthier people aand companies often pay more into these funds (sickness fund) than
members of the middle and lower class, but not always. Governments may contribute subsidies to
provide increased funding
What is state coverage? - correct answer ✔✔1) healthcare insurance is provided and financed by the
government through tax payments
2) taxes such as income tax and sales tax are examples that fund state based coverage. All the money is
pooled by the government and used according to the country's need.
What is private health insurance? - correct answer ✔✔individuals purchase private healthcare insurance
to cover the cost of healthcare services. Some countries make private insurance available to its citizens
at a minimal cost.
,What is employed based insurance? - correct answer ✔✔insurance is purchased by employers for their
employees and financed through employer or joint employer-employee contributions. This insurance
may be subsidized by the government.
You jusst learnede about four different ways that healthcarre funds can be collected and provided. In
your further studies or future careers, you may come across the four overarching models of healthcare.
These four models are: - correct answer ✔✔1) the beveridge model
2) the bismarck model
3) the national health insurance model
4) the out-of-pocket model
each rely on a combo of the four different types of healthcare funding to provide health services to
people
Well-functioning healthcare systems facilitate sufficient access to high quality health services. What are
two standards that must be met for a heaalthcare system to be considered accessible and high quality? -
correct answer ✔✔1) access to health services (services are close, affordable, and comprehensive i.e.
dental eye pharma)
2) quality of health services
Three features of good access to health services? - correct answer ✔✔1) services are provided at little or
no cost to the individual
2) services provided are close in proximity to where the individual resides
3) services available are comprehensive medical, dental, eyecare, mental health and pharmaceutical
What are 5 features of quality of health services? - correct answer ✔✔1) healthcare professionals have
the resources (medical tech and drugs) they need to provide quaality care
2) evidence-based healthcare services and policies
3) client-centered care
4) timely service
5) educated and efficient healthcare workers
Some believe UHC is simply too complex and too costly to implement effectively. However, it is
important to consider what in order to be able to implement UHC that justifies the cost? - correct
, answer ✔✔Important to consider the individual needs of each population to be able to create tailored
UHC that justifies the cost
Modern challenges to UHC include? - correct answer ✔✔1) to develop UHC, we need to look at
population needs and identify a core set of health services that ccan be provided at a cost that can be
afforded
2) UHC means something different for every country, with differennt service packages that grow over
time as resources become available
To help countries tailor universal health coverage to their needs WHO has developed a resource that
accounts for different resources and scenarios to help consider different factors that increase the
effectiveness of UHC for each counttry, what is this resource called? - correct answer ✔✔the UHC
compendium
What is included in the UHC compendium? - correct answer ✔✔1) database that lists actions that
countries can take to improve the health of their populations
2) Countries can use their own info to answer questions, for example, what are the different patient
needs the system should plan for? What options are there to deal with the big three? Hoow do i plan the
deliver of resources? What products/workers are needeD?
3) countries can search for info relevant to them, in order to define a service package and identify the
resources needed to deliver it successfully
What does the UHC coompendium accomplish? - correct answer ✔✔In this way, the UHC compendium
delivers vital information and tools to develop 1) reliable data, 2) to start a dialogue with partners, and 3)
make ecidence based decisions about how available resources can best be used to ensure that everyone
gets the healthcare they need
The UK, the Netherlands, and France all have very different versions of UHC (do not need to memorize
details just appreciate how the systems are different). The UK is what kind of system? - correct answer
✔✔single-payer coverage
What is covered, who is covered, and what is financing and care delivery in the UK? - correct answer
✔✔what is covered - comprehensive care with no copays at any point of service
who - all residents
financing and care delivery - government finances healthcare with taxes and pays providers directly
solutions
Universal health care supports ____ as a ____ ___ - correct answer ✔✔health as a human right
Recall from modulee 3 that in 2015, the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development,
which included the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). Building on the principle of "leaving no
one behind" this new agenda emphasized what - correct answer ✔✔a holistic approach to achieving
development foor all.
The third SDG aims to promote the ____-____ and ensure ____ _____ for all individuals at all ages,
meaning that ______ is a key component of the SDGS - correct answer ✔✔The third SDG aims to
promote the well-being and ensure healthy living for all individuals at all ages, meaning that Universal
Health Coverage (UHC) is a key component of the SDGs
According to the WHO, UHC enables: all people to have access to the health services they need, ____,
_____, and ___ ____ ____. UHC includes health ___, ___, ___, ___, and palliative services - correct
answer ✔✔"all people to have access to the health services they need, whenever, wherever, and
without financial hardship, UHC includes health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and
palliative services
How the WHO operationalized what UHC looks like? - correct answer ✔✔They have not developed
guidelines to operationalize what UHC looks like in practice - However, researchers have attempted to
defined UHC on a more practical level so they can study it
In studies on the global prrevalence of UHC, researchers often categorize a country as a provider of UHC
if it meets what two criteria? - correct answer ✔✔1) passed legislation (possess healthcare legislation
that explicitly states that the entire population is covered under a specified health plan)
2) essential services coverage
What does the passed legislation criteria mean? - correct answer ✔✔A country meets this criteria if they
possess healthcare legislation that explicitly states that the entire population is covered under a
specified health plan
,What is the essential services coverage based on? - correct answer ✔✔based on the service coverage
index, which is rated on a scale from 0-100, and is a measure of essential health service coverage based
on four components:
1) reproductive maternal, newborn, and child health
2) infectious diseases
3) non-communicable diseases
4) service capacity and access
A high score = high coverage (Canada = 89 = highest of any country)
It is important to note that there are four main methods used by countries to finance healthcare
coverage. Some countries rely largely on one method, while others use a combination of methods. What
are the four? - correct answer ✔✔1) social insurance
2) state coverage
3) private health insurance
4) employer based insurance
what is social insuraance? - correct answer ✔✔employeers and employees (iincluding self-employeed)
pay contributions towards health servcies. These are usually legislated by law and cover the entire
population. Wealthier people aand companies often pay more into these funds (sickness fund) than
members of the middle and lower class, but not always. Governments may contribute subsidies to
provide increased funding
What is state coverage? - correct answer ✔✔1) healthcare insurance is provided and financed by the
government through tax payments
2) taxes such as income tax and sales tax are examples that fund state based coverage. All the money is
pooled by the government and used according to the country's need.
What is private health insurance? - correct answer ✔✔individuals purchase private healthcare insurance
to cover the cost of healthcare services. Some countries make private insurance available to its citizens
at a minimal cost.
,What is employed based insurance? - correct answer ✔✔insurance is purchased by employers for their
employees and financed through employer or joint employer-employee contributions. This insurance
may be subsidized by the government.
You jusst learnede about four different ways that healthcarre funds can be collected and provided. In
your further studies or future careers, you may come across the four overarching models of healthcare.
These four models are: - correct answer ✔✔1) the beveridge model
2) the bismarck model
3) the national health insurance model
4) the out-of-pocket model
each rely on a combo of the four different types of healthcare funding to provide health services to
people
Well-functioning healthcare systems facilitate sufficient access to high quality health services. What are
two standards that must be met for a heaalthcare system to be considered accessible and high quality? -
correct answer ✔✔1) access to health services (services are close, affordable, and comprehensive i.e.
dental eye pharma)
2) quality of health services
Three features of good access to health services? - correct answer ✔✔1) services are provided at little or
no cost to the individual
2) services provided are close in proximity to where the individual resides
3) services available are comprehensive medical, dental, eyecare, mental health and pharmaceutical
What are 5 features of quality of health services? - correct answer ✔✔1) healthcare professionals have
the resources (medical tech and drugs) they need to provide quaality care
2) evidence-based healthcare services and policies
3) client-centered care
4) timely service
5) educated and efficient healthcare workers
Some believe UHC is simply too complex and too costly to implement effectively. However, it is
important to consider what in order to be able to implement UHC that justifies the cost? - correct
, answer ✔✔Important to consider the individual needs of each population to be able to create tailored
UHC that justifies the cost
Modern challenges to UHC include? - correct answer ✔✔1) to develop UHC, we need to look at
population needs and identify a core set of health services that ccan be provided at a cost that can be
afforded
2) UHC means something different for every country, with differennt service packages that grow over
time as resources become available
To help countries tailor universal health coverage to their needs WHO has developed a resource that
accounts for different resources and scenarios to help consider different factors that increase the
effectiveness of UHC for each counttry, what is this resource called? - correct answer ✔✔the UHC
compendium
What is included in the UHC compendium? - correct answer ✔✔1) database that lists actions that
countries can take to improve the health of their populations
2) Countries can use their own info to answer questions, for example, what are the different patient
needs the system should plan for? What options are there to deal with the big three? Hoow do i plan the
deliver of resources? What products/workers are needeD?
3) countries can search for info relevant to them, in order to define a service package and identify the
resources needed to deliver it successfully
What does the UHC coompendium accomplish? - correct answer ✔✔In this way, the UHC compendium
delivers vital information and tools to develop 1) reliable data, 2) to start a dialogue with partners, and 3)
make ecidence based decisions about how available resources can best be used to ensure that everyone
gets the healthcare they need
The UK, the Netherlands, and France all have very different versions of UHC (do not need to memorize
details just appreciate how the systems are different). The UK is what kind of system? - correct answer
✔✔single-payer coverage
What is covered, who is covered, and what is financing and care delivery in the UK? - correct answer
✔✔what is covered - comprehensive care with no copays at any point of service
who - all residents
financing and care delivery - government finances healthcare with taxes and pays providers directly
