Like in any country the aim of health care in Finland is to maintain and improve people’s health and wellbeing, social security and work and functional capacity and also to reduce health inequalities. In Finland the health care system is based on pre-ventive health care and well-run, comprehensive health services. The Ministry of So-cial and Affairs and Health is responsible for social and health policy and also pre-paring the legislation in social and health issues. The law requires for example the status and rights of patients and the timeframes for access to care. The aims in Finn-ish health policy are mainly directed to health promotion and disease prevention and everyone is entitled to adequate social and health services. When the main responsi-bility of preparing and planning of social and health policy and services are for Min-istry of Social Affairs and Health, but municipalities are responsible for arranging and funding health care. (Health Services, 2013.) The health care expenditures in Finland was 9 % of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) at 2010 - 2011 (Terveydenhuollon menot ja rahoitus, 2011).
Health services are also divided in public health services and private health services, but from another point of view, there are three different health care system in Finland which receive public funding: municipal health care (public), private health care and occupational health care (private or municipal). The largest share of health care ser-vices is provided by the municipal health care system. (Vuorenkoski, Mladovsky & Moissalos, 2008.) National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) is nationally responsible for monitoring social and health care in Finland. Valvira monitors public and private social and he...
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Here is few examples from the laws which guides the health care system in Myanmar: Blood and Blood Products Law (2003), Traditional Medicine Council Law (2000), National Food Law (1997), Prevention and Control of communicable Diseases Law (1995) (Revised in 2011), Law relating to the Nurse and Midwife (1990) (Revised in 2002). (Health policy, legislation and plans, 2013). The one thing that paid my attention was that there was no law which determines the rights of the patient or the client.
Myanmar Ministry of Health maintains quite comprehensive website which includes much information about their health care system, services, law, policy and infrastruc-ture. And I thinks that the Myanmar Ministry of Health websites were much compre-hensive compared to Italian websites, maybe those would also be comprehensive for person who has a good knowledge of Italian.
Learning from what Dr. Anna Pou had to face with the lawsuits she was dealing with makes me cringe. As Healthcare professionals, having to worry of possibly being sued for believing what is right for the patient or as a whole for the hospitals health is ridiculous. Healthcare professionals like Dr. Pou, have taken the Hippocratic oath, and one of the promises made within that oath is “first, do no harm”. Often time’s society look at courts cases as a battle versus two oppositions, but Dr. Pou’s case it is not. In her statements from national television she states saying her role was to ‘‘help’’ patients ‘‘through their pain,’’.
National Health Insurance provides universal access to the country’s healthcare. Private facilities are able to run hospitals and clinics, and patients receive the same services for the same cost in both private and public institutions. The following services are offered: emergency health, perinatal health, pediatric health, rural health care, and post-disaster healthcare. There are 1,069 psychiatric facilities that provide nursing care and health resources. Primary Care allows doctors to prescribe psychotherapeutic medicines, but nurses are not permitted to independently diagnose mental
Have you ever wondered if there is a country that is like America; well Finland is kinda like us. We have many things in common with Finland, such as: law, government, and freedom. Those are just a couple things. So imagine what other ways we are similar.
Since healthcare in America is expensive, many people choose to go without coverage. Other negative issues that raise questions amongst Italian citizens are that Italy spends a significantly lower amount on health care than the other fifteen European countries, which allocate 9.2 % of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Bruttomesso). This status puts the Italian health care system ranked second in the nation, therefore the question rises, why is there so many limits and lack of development (Bruttomesso)? The main reason that Italy’s national health care system was made available was to provide equality amongst distribution of health care (Bruttomesso). However, some Italian citizens are starting to question if the equal distribution is worth it or are they willing to do without it, considering the financing circumstances (Bruttomesso). It seems the issues of unequal distribution are not improving, which seem to suggest that policies remain unsuccessful at finding a solution
Despite the established health care facilities in the United States, most citizens do not have access to proper medical care. We must appreciate from the very onset that a healthy and strong nation must have a proper health care system. Such a health system should be available and affordable to all. The cost of health services is high. In fact, the ...
Public health by its very definition emphasizes public classification over the individual body. Its basic goal is to establish effective general health services that meet the minimum health requirements for a majority of people. With this general goal in mind, there are two major assumptions made within the formation of public ...
The role of the states in protecting and promoting the health of the population is broad and complex, but can be described within six broad functions: (1) guardians of the public’s health, (2) purchasers of healthcare servi...
Denmark is a small high-income country with a high population density, is governed by a constitutional monarchy, has a central parliament and is administratively divided into regions, municipalities and has 2 dependencies (Greenland and the Faroe Islands) (Kravitz & Treasure, 2009). It has a national health service (funded by general taxation) and a decentralized healthcare system in which the individual regions run most services and the municipalities are responsible for some public health services (Kravitz & Treasure, 2009). However, a process of (re) centralization (under the structural reform of 2007) has been taking place, which has lowered the number of regions from 14 to 5 and the municipalities from 275 to 98 (Olejaz, Nielsen, Rudkjøbing, Okkels, Krasnik & Hernández-Quevedo, 2012; Schäfer et al., 2010). The hospital structure is also undergoing reform, moving towards fewer, bigger and more specialized hospitals (Olejaz, Nielsen, Rudkjøbing, Okkels, Krasnik & Hernández-Quevedo, 2012). Greenland and the Faroe Islands are independent in health matters but follow the Danish Legislation (Kravitz & Treasure, 2009). The National Board of Health (NBH) (based in Copenhagen) is responsible for the legislation concerning dentistry in Denmark (Kravitz & Treasure, 2009; Schäfer et al., 2010).
A country’s health care system refers to all the institutions, programs, personnel, procedures, and the resources that are used to meet the health needs of its population. Health care systems vary from one country to another, depending on government policies and the health needs of the population. Besides, health care programs are flexible in the sense that they are tailored to meet health needs as they arise. Among the stakeholders in the formulation of a country’s health care system are governments, religious groups, non-governmental organizations, charity organizations, trade/labor unions, and interested individuals (Duckett, 2008). These entities formulate, implement, evaluate, and reform health services according to the needs of the sections of the population they target.
National health systems are assessed by the extent to which expenditure and actions in public health and medical care contributes to the crucial social goals of improving health, increasing access to quality healthcare, reducing health disparities, protecting citizens from penury due to medical e...
Although it is understood there are some benefits to having healthcare, like having access to health care they may not have had before, there were no regulations put in place on insurance companies. When people began being forced to have insurance, the insurance company’s raised their premiums, making it harder to afford. Individuals started seeing higher out of pocket expenses because of higher deductibles and copays, before the insurance plan pays anything. So the average citizen may over the course of a year pay thousands of dollars to their insurance between premiums and deductibles and never see the full benefit’s the police has to offer.
Italy is a developed country in Europe with a population of 59.83 million people. Life expectancy is the second highest in Europe and ranks tenth in the world, having an average lifespan of 82.2 years. Italian healthcare has been universal since 1978 and has remained effective ever since. Italy is ranked as the second best healthcare system, just behind France. There are many factors that ensure the effectiveness of the Italian healthcare system, such as government funding and individual cost, private insurance companies, medical technology, and preventative measures and the spread of diseases.
Although health care is a great public superior, it is not pure. However, it is not equally available to all individual. The health care is demanding public services that are continuously distributed throughout the world. The health care service is only available in certain areas. Therefore, only the the more financial and functional will be able to access it. Financial status depends on prices of a particular health care. Functional reflects the quantity and structure of the health care provided services.
The objective of this project shall identify the extent to which the principle of equity underpins government strategy in contemporary Irish health policy. In order to examine this principle, the essay will focus on the health services for older people. Such services are an important topic to address in modern day Irish society because the population of those aged over 65 is set to increase considerably which will cause particular economic and social implications for healthcare services in the future. Initially the paper shall provide a foundation of historical developments that have emerged within the Irish Healthcare system and highlight social policy implementations that have occurred. Following this, the paper will go on to discuss 'equity' with emphasis placed on the importance of effective policy measures to safeguard the equity and fair treatment of the elderly within the Irish healthcare system. Inference shall be made to the medical card scheme, hospital bed waiting lists, services for elderly people and the equity issues involving public and private healthcare. It shall also examine government policy papers in terms of how the two-tiered health system shows evidence of inequality that goes against the code of equity sought out by the `Quality and Fairness' (2001) report. Finally this essay will finish with a conclusion of the overall discussion.
Switzerland is predominately known for its great health care, rated as best in the world. This is largely due to how it is organized. Reorganization began in the 1994 with the Federal Heath Insurance Act, which came effect in 1996. The system is basically organized into 26 cantons, which are equivalent to US states. Each canton is responsible for the health care of the people in that region and insurance companies operate on a regional basis (James). The government decides on what policies will be covered, and sets prices of the cost of medial charges (McManus). In addition, with in the system there is a complex way with how access, quality and cost are organized.