Instructions
Watch the video on Healthcare in Hong Kong.
There are 4 questions in this worksheet. Answer the questions below.
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Remember, once you have completed the worksheet, be sure to label the document as Activity 1.2.6: Comparing Health Systems.
Question 2
Having looked at the similarities and differences between these two frameworks, how could you redesign a framework that combines the strength of both frameworks?
Draw out your ideas on a clean piece of paper. Take a picture of your new framework and paste it here:
Question 3
Think back to the video on Healthcare in Hong Kong. Using the Rich Picture Approach (DrawToast), map out the challenges that you see in this health system. Using your new framework, identify which building blocks or domains should be addressed in finding solutions to the issues you have noted.
Illustrate your ideas on a clean piece of paper. Take a photo of your illustration and paste it here:
Question 4
Reflect back on Week 2 – Session: Types & Typologies. From the Rich Picture you have drawn above and thinking about the different content domains of health systems science, it is possible to compare and contrast some of the attributes and challenges evident in the Hong Kong health systems with similar challenges affecting the health systems in South Africa. Revising the types and typologies of health systems, choose one typology to describe the health system in Hong Kong (you can apply Fields, Roemers, or Cockerham’s typologies. Explain what you see as similar or different to the national health system in South Africa – expand and substantiate your answer.
The health care system in Hong Kong can be best described by Fields Five typology.
In Hong Kong healthcare is an insured or guaranteed consumer service, doctors are solo entrepreneurs and members of medical organizations (either part of the government public health system or one of the many private).
Payments are direct and facilities are owed by both the private and the public. There are long waiting hours due to the shortage of doctors but even if it takes long for health services to be given to the patients the quality is still upheld.
In South Africa healthcare is seen as predominantly a consumer good or service, doctors are solo entrepreneurs and members of medical organizations (either of private or public). Payments are direct or indirect and facilities are owned by private or public. There is also a shortage of staff and long waiting hours, but the quality of care is not upheld due to there being problems with other components of the health care system such as lack of medical supplies or electricity shortages.
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