4. DISADVANTAGES OF PRIVATIZING THE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM With the current economic status, privatizing the public health care system may not be the best option. The involvement of the private sector in the provision of health service would perhaps free the government from focusing on health promotion and primary health care. However, it will certainly create unpleasant ripples, which cause effects in a number of ways. The provision of health service on public health arises from the private
government allocates health care funds in order to improve health care services in the country. The funds are injected towards health care facilities purposely to provide free health care services for their citizens. Even though the service is free, there are advantages and disadvantages associated with it. The question is as to what are the advantages and disadvantages of government providing free health care service for their citizens. This essay will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Government
Disadvantages Even though the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of informed consent, it is still vital to talk about the shortcomings involved. It is important for health care professionals to understand the disadvantages of informed consent just as much as the advantages so that they can prevent these drawbacks, if possible. The disadvantages I will be discussing in this section is the act of coercion and undue influence, emergency situations and special circumstances where informed consent
pharmacist B. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each setting C. Do you see yourself working in that setting? Explain. 1. Retail/Independent Ownership A. A retail or independent pharmacist typically provides a person with general healthcare advice and has the authority to supply a prescription or a non-prescription medication to the public. A retail pharmacist generally works in a retail setting rather than in a clinical or hospital setting. B. Advantages: As a retail pharmacist you
the contribution to the improvement of healthcare of a population. The term, gatekeeping is defined as the general public having to go through ‘doors’ in the health care system. This means that referral is required from primary care sectors such as General Practitioners (GP) being the first point of contact, in order to have authorised access to receive secondary and/or tertiary care sector service, these services include specialists such as dermatologists, cardiologist and oncologist. The idea of
through taxes and investments. The state intervention is influenced by the theory of developmental state (Hope & Somolekae, 1998). To give a broader understanding of state intervention this essay will discuss in the context of Botswana the advantages and disadvantages
injections. The advantage for fee-for-service (Figure 1) encourages the delivery of care and maximizing patient visits. As a payment mechanism, it is relatively flexible in that it can be used regardless of the size or organizational structure of a physician’s practice, the type of care provided the place of service or the geographical location of care. However, the disadvantages for fee-for-service offer little or no incentive to deliver efficient care or prevent unnecessary care. In its current
specific health systems tailored towards what they believe will make their health system more effective. These may include concepts similar or different. In this case, people living in one country can visit a specialist when desired, whereas other countries require patients to have a referral from their primary physician to seek further attention. Gatekeeping is a decisive term that will be used throughout this report. Assuming its meaning, evaluating possible advantages and disadvantages through
Can we learn anything from Dispensaries and the medical care they provided? Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they fail to interest it intelligently in the past, then all their historical learning is valueless except in so far as it educates themselves. G. M. Trevelyan. The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience
Title: National Health Insurance-The pros and cons National Health Insurance (NHI) is a legally enforced scheme of health insurance to make sure that all the citizen are provided with essential health care services regardless of their employment status and their ability to contribute monetary benefits to the NHI fund. The funding mechanism and policy of NHI is different from country to county. The country that practice this National Health Insurances scheme including Japan, Australia, Germany,