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FACULTY OF PHARMACY C. Voluntary Health Insurance – govt only;

PHARCARE 2: PUBLIC HEALTH encourages people to subscribe to health
insurance; not effective where people are poor
Preventing Progression of Disease Process and level of education is low
-Achieved by diagnosing the disease early and
promptly treating D. Free Enterprise – people have to take care of
a. Improve utilization of services thru health their medical needs
education
b. Screening and case finding activities Organization – delivery to preventive, curative
c. Periodic health inventory and rehabilitative services is usually separate;
d. Provision of medical care services but in socialized medicine, comprehensive
medicine is possible
Limiting Disabilities from Disease
-Permanent disabilities and deformities may be Health Resources
minimized by intensive care in the hospital with
specialist service A. Individual – physicians and other health
personnel working privately and individually;
Rehabilitation usually paid on a fee for service basis.
-Restoration of the disabled to useful place in
society with maximum use of his remaining B. Organized agencies/Community Efforts
capabilities 1. Official or government
-Correction of deformities, physical therapy, 2. Private
retraining, placement, etc.
A. Voluntary – financed by voluntary
Basic Health Services contributions or fund raising; personnel are
a. Vital Statistics responsible only to the officers, not under govt
b. Medical Care control
c. Environmental Sanitation B. Proprietary – stocked organization,
d. Control of Communicable Disease established for profit
e. Maternal and child health
f. Health education of the public
g. Public Health Nursing DOH HOSPITALS:
h. Laboratory Services 1. Amang Rodriguez Medical Center
i. Control of Chronic diseases 2. Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Center
j. Mental Health 3. East Avenue Medical Center
4. Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center
Delivery of Health Services 5. National Center for Mental Health
6. National Children’s Hospital
System of delivering health services – classified 7. Philippine Orthopedic Center
accdg to financing: 8. Quirino Memorial Medical Center
9. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
A. Socialized medicine – funded by general 10. Rizal Medical Center
taxation; emphasis on prevention 11. San Lazaro Hospital
12. Tondo Medical Center
B. Compulsory Health Insurance – law requires
people to subscribe health insurance plan, SPECIALTY HOSPITALS:
usually govt sponsored; covers only curative and 1. Lung Center of the Philippines
rehabilitative medicine; preventive services 2. National Kidney and Transplant Institute
provided by govt agencies 3. Philippine Children’s Medical Center
4. Philippine Heart Center