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21 Cards in this Set
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The goals of the ANOHP are to:
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Improve oral health status across the Australian populatin
Reduce the inequalities in oral health |
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The ANOHP is underpinned by four broad themes
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oral health is an integral part of general health
A population health approach Access to appropriate and affordable services for all Australians Education |
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The ANOHP seeks to make the best possible use of resources, both human and
financial, through? |
Actions based on the best available evidence
Effective use of the full oral health team Building strong cooperation and partnerships across the health and community services sectors and beyond |
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The ANOHP identifies seven interrelated areas for action. These are?
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Promoting OH across whole pop
Children n adolescents Older people Low Social Disad Special need people Indigenous Workforce |
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Factors influencing modern health care systems?
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Changing patterns of disease
Socio-demographic changes: Public demands and expectations Professional development High technology International affairs Government health policy and reforms |
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Factors defining a good health system?
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Effectiveness:
Efficiency: Accessibility: Equity: Social acceptability Relevance to need |
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The District Health System has following characteristics?
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Serves a well-defined population
Includes all the relevant health care agencies in the area, Multisectorial approach Managed as a single entity People-centred May be composed of many elements (eg non-gov institutions and trad healers) |
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Problems and challenges facing the NHS?
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Treats demand rather than need
Conflict between cost of treatment and clinical effectiveness Ageing population Increase in inequalities Rationing of care Health care is a political issue |
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What are the levels within NHS?
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Primary
Secondary Intermediate Tertiary |
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The National Health and Hospitals reform Commission Final Report identifies three reform goals:
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Tackling major access and equity issues that affect health outcomes with priorities:
Redesigning our health system so that it is better positioned to respond to emerging challenges Creating an agile and self-improving health system for long term sustainability: |
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Problems with health services:?
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Model of health care delivery
Access to care: Disadvantaged groups and inequalities Quality of care and evidence-based practice Ethics |
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The WHO World Oral Health Report 2003 Major challenges?
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- Translate knowledge and experiences of disease patterns into action programmes
- Health promotion dealing with broader determinants of health - Reduce risk to diseases |
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The WHO World Oral Health Report 2003:
Priority action areas for global oral health? |
- Oral health and fluorides
- Diet, nutrition and oral health - Tobacco and oral health - Oral health through Health Promoting Schools - Oral health of the youth - Oral health improvement amongst the elderly |
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Describe the Australian Health Systems related to Oral Health
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Government provides 30% subsidy to private health insurance clients
Doctors at public hospitals may be contracted or specialists may charge private fees. |
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In Australia, what is the name of the scheme that provides subsidy in drugs?
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Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
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What are some innovative approaches to delivering Health Services in Australia?
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Royal flying doctors service
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples community Regional health services (in rural) Australia Red Cross (blood donations) Medicare |
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In the National Health and Hospitals reform commission final report (june 2009), how does it plan to improve access to dental health care?
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Universal access by Denticare Australia
Expanding dental workforce Promoting oral health |
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No health care system is ideal and without its problems. Problems mainly exists at one of the following three levels:
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Structures and policy
Providers Users |
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Access is usually influenced in two ways.
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Factors determining whether a person will make contact with the health services
The fit between the health care service and the clients. |
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What are the factors of access to health care?
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Availability (distribution of services)
Accessibility (location) Affordability (cost) Acceptability (expectations) Accommodation (hours of operation) |
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What are the problems with health services?
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Models of health care delivery
Access to care Inequalities Quality of care and evidence based practice Ethics |
