L1 CONSUMER HEALTH

__ is not just about buying health products and services. It also involves the facts and understanding that enable people to make wise choices

consumer health

Consumer health has three components:

1. Health information

2. Health products

3. Health services

this is everything that is seen, read, or heard in relation to human and community health.

health information

these include food, medicines, medical equipment, cosmetics, and related devices.

health product

What to look for when evaluating health information and products?

• Credibility – tells about the source and recency of the information.

• Content – tells about the accuracy, disclaimer, and completeness of the information.

• Disclosure – tells about the purpose and caveat of the information.

• Interactivity – tells about the feedback mechanism and means of information exchange between the source and the consumer.

tells about the source and recency of the information.

credibility

tells about the accuracy, disclaimer, and completeness of the information.

content

tells about the purpose and caveat of the information.

disclosure

tells about the feedback mechanism and means of information exchange between the source and the consumer.

interactivity

these are often connected to healthcare. These programs aim to appraise the health conditions of individuals through screening and examinations, cure and treat disorders, prevent, and control the spread of diseases, provide safety, emergency care, and first aid, and ensure a follow-up program for individuals who have undergone treatments

Health services

In evaluating health services, the consumer’s preferences may be measured in relation to the six attributes:

• location of service points

• effectiveness of doctors, clinic, and hospitals

• promptness and kindness when caring for patients and family members

• ease of access to the authorization forms for consultations

• price

• diversity of available doctors, clinics and hospitals.

Individuals who are licensed to practice and other allied health programs

Health Professionals

a doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities.

cardiologist

–a medical doctor who manages the physical, behavior, and mental care for children from birth until age 18.

pediatrician

a doctor who specializes in women’s health, with focus on the female reproductive system.

Gynecologist

a doctor who diagnoses and treats diseases of the respiratory system.

Pulmonologist

a doctor who specializes in care of the elderly and the disease that affect them.

Geriatrician

a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the nervous system which includes the brain and spinal cord.

Neurologist

a doctor who specializes in diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive system.

Urologist

a doctor who specializes in treating skin, hair, nails, and mucous membrane disorders and diseases.

Dermatologist

a medical or osteopathic doctor who specializes in eye and vision care.

Ophthalmologist

a doctor focuses on the health of the digestive system, or gastrointestinal tract.

Gastroenterologist

these are places or institutions that offer healthcare services.

Healthcare Facilities

This place is an institution where people undergo medical diagnosis, care and treatment. A ___ offers different types of medical care like inpatient and outpatient care. Inpatient care refers to care given to individuals who need to stay inside the hospital to receive proper treatment, monitoring and care. On the other hand, outpatient care refers to treatment that does not require an individual to stay inside the hospital.

Hospital

this kind of hospital is operated by individuals to gain profit

private

this kind of hospital does not require profit because it is owned by a community or an organization.

Voluntary

this kind of hospital is being run by the state and the treatment fees are subsidized.

Government or Public

this kind of hospital includes a school for medical students.

Teaching

What are the classifications of hospitals?

general and specialty

this is a facility that offers surgery without the patient being admitted in the hospital.

Walk-In Surgery Center

In this healthcare facility, the services in a health center cater to a specific population with various health needs

health Center

this facility that provides treatment, nursing care, and residential services to patients, often the elderly.

Extended Healthcare Facility

• ____ is a financial agreement between an insurance company and an individual or group for the payment of healthcare costs

• protection that provides benefits for sickness and injury

Health Insurance

this coverage pays for the fees of the health professionals, laboratory tests, and prescription drugs.

medical

this coverage offers payment for long-term or chronic diseases such as AIDS and cancer.

Major medical

this coverage pays for the stay of the patient inside the hospital

Hospitalization

this coverage pays for the surgery fees.

Surgical

this coverage provides financing for members who meet accidents or suffer from illnesses

disabilities

A ___ is a healthcare provider that offers medical services that are availed through a prepaid amount of money.

health maintenance organization (HMO)