CAOT 31 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Human Resources, Dependency Ratio, Human Rights Watch
30 Oct 2020
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Php, lecture 2: the analysis of health systems (comp. slides online: problems when studying hcs: studying moving target", need for analytical model, need for abstraction, need for focus. Health system consists of all organisations, people and institutions ( ) primary intent it to promote, restore and maintain health" (who 2000) Important aspects: not only restoration but also promotion of health. Do we consider support systems part of hcs? (e. g. caring for people with down syndrome) Primary intent" exclusion/inclusion of relevant aspects in order not to have a definition too broad/too narrow (there are some programmes that have health consequences, but there are not necessarily part of a hcs) Hcs as a goal-oriented system: system goals (outcomes) ), ambiguous (which definition), dynamic (changing importance e. g. ) In input-output model: input (task environment) tends to change. Impact of lifestyle factors on health (environment) determinants of health; system is not static, it changes.
