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1 online resource (399 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Book -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Principles of Primary Care and Systems -- Chapter 1: Renewal of Primary Care -- Primary Health Care: Roles and Challenges -- Health for All: Declaration of Alma-Ata -- Development of Primary Care -- History of Primary Health Care -- Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion in 1986 -- The New Public Health -- The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World (2005) |
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The World Health Report 2008: Primary Health Care -- Now More Than Ever -- Shanghai Declaration on Promoting Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2016) -- Primary Health Care Revisited -- The World Perspectives -- Cases of Developed Countries -- Cases of Developing Countries -- Priority Setting in Primary Health Care -- Evidence-Based Primary Care -- The Way Forward -- References -- Chapter 2: Philosophy of Primary Health Care -- Philosophy of Primary Health Care Needs Urgent Revisitation -- What Actually Contribute to Health Improvement? |
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Failing to Meet the Challenges of Health-Care Provision -- Ecology of Health Care -- Management of Chronic Illnesses by Primary Health Care Versus Various Hospital Specialities -- Some Other Important Key Features of Primary Health Care -- Case Scenario Demonstration of the Key Features of Primary Care (Lee 2019) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Fiscal Sustainability Challenge and the Importance of Primary Healthcare -- Introduction -- Health Financing Models -- The Beveridge Model -- The Bismarck Model -- The Mandatory Savings Model -- The Private Health Insurance Model |
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The Out-of-Pocket Model -- Major Challenges Facing the Current Healthcare Systems -- The Economic Benefits of Primary Healthcare -- Creating a Better Balance Between Tertiary and Primary Care -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Sustainable Healthcare Systems -- Introduction -- Healthcare in Australia -- Medicare -- Overview of the Australian Healthcare System -- Primary Healthcare -- Access to Health Facilities and Services -- Tax-Funded Public Insurance and Lifetime Health Cover -- Shortage of Manpower -- Healthcare in the United Kingdom -- Role of NHS |
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Overview of the UK Healthcare System -- Primary Healthcare -- UK Healthcare System Challenges -- Healthcare in Canada -- Strengths of the Canadian System -- Access to Healthcare -- Primary Care in Canada -- Drawbacks of the Canadian System -- Preference for Private Service -- Waiting Time -- Canada Health Act -- Elderly Care in Canada -- Healthcare in Hong Kong -- Key Initiatives -- Public-Private Partnership -- Primary Care Office -- Delivery of Quality Service -- Electronic Health Record -- Major Concerns -- Public Services Are Hospital-Oriented -- Challenges |
| Summary |
This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach with a wide scope of perspectives on primary healthcare, describing related principles, care models, practices and social contexts. It combines aspects of development, research and education applied in primary health care, providing practitioners and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge and delivery models of healthcare in community settings. It covers the practical, philosophical and scholarly issues pertinent to the delivery, financing, planning, ethics, health politics, professional and technological development, resources, and monitoring in primary health care. Contributors are from a diverse range of academic and professional backgrounds, bringing together collective expertise in mainstream medicine, nursing, allied health, Chinese medicine, health economics, administration, law, public policy, housing management, information technology and mass communications. As such, the book does not follow the common clinical practice or service-based approach found in most texts on primary care. The contents will serve as a useful reference work for policymakers, researchers, community health practitioners, health executives and higher education students |
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Practical and Sustainable Healthcare Systems |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Primary care (Medicine)
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Primary Health Care
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Social welfare & social services.
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Health economics.
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Public health & preventive medicine.
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Age groups: the elderly.
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General practice.
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Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
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Medical -- Administration.
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Medical -- Preventive Medicine.
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Family & Relationships -- Aging.
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Medical -- Family & General Practice.
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Primary care (Medicine)
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Atenció primària.
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Serveis sanitaris.
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| Genre/Form |
Llibres electrònics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fong, Ben Yuk Fai
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Law, Vincent Tin Sing
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Lee, Albert
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| ISBN |
9789811525216 |
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9811525218 |
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9789811525223 |
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9811525226 |
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9789811525230 |
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9811525234 |
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