The document describes the various components of a health care system and types of health care services. It discusses public health services, physicians' offices, ambulatory care centers, occupational health clinics, hospitals, substance abuse facilities, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centers, home health care agencies, day care centers, rural care, hospice services, crisis centers, and mutual support/self-help groups. The purpose of a health care system is to provide care for the ill/injured and achieve optimal health levels for a defined population.

2. HEALH CARE SYSTEM
 Totality of services offered by all health
disciplines.
 Purpose :-
To provide care to the ill or injured.
To achieve optimal levels of health care for a defined
population

3. TYPES OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES
 Public health
 Physician’s offices
 Ambulatory care centers
 Occupational health clinic
 Hospitals

4. TYPES OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES
 Substance care facilities
 Extended care facilities
 Retirement and assisted living centers
 Rehabilitation centers
 Home health care agencies

5. TYPES OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES
 Day care centers
 Rural care
 Hospice services
 Crisis centers
 Mutual support and self help group

6. PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIANS OFFICES

7. PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIAN’S OFFICES
 Established at the local ,
state ,federal levels.
 Funds generally from taxes
are administered by elected
or appointed officials.
 Local department have
responsibility for
developing programes.
 Primary care setting
 Majority have their own
offices
 Can be group practices
 Routine screening illness
diagnosis and treatment.

8. AMBULATORY CARE
CENTERS
OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH CLINIC

9.  Provide ambulatory care
 Have diagnostic and
treatment facilities
 Term ambulatory care
replaced the term clinic.
 Setting for the employee
health care
 Recognize the value of
health employees
 Encourage healthy lifestyle
◦ Exercise facilities
◦ Health promotion
activities
AMBULATORY CARE
CENTERS
OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH CLINIC

10. HOSPITALS
SUBACUTE CARE
FACILITIES

11.  Size from 12 bed (rural) to
1500 bed (metropolitan).
 Governmental or non
governmental.
 Variety of health care
services based on their size
and location.
 Designed for patient with
acute illness, injury or
exacerbation of disease
process.
 Generally more intensive
than long term care
HOSPITALS
SUBACUTE CARE
FACILITIES

12. EXTENDED CARE
FACILITIES
RETIREMENT AND
ASSISTED LIVING
CENTERS

13. EXTENDED CARE
FACILITIES
RETIREMENT AND
ASSISTED LIVING
CENTERS
 Formerly called nursing
homes.
 Provide personal care those
who are chronically ill.
 Provide care for elderly
clients.
 Consist of separate houses
condominiums, apartments
for residents
 Offer meals , laundry
services , nursing care,
transportation and social
activities.

14. REHABILITATION
CENTERS
HOME HEALTH CARE
AGENCIES

15. REHABILITATION
CENTERS
HOME HEALTH CARE
AGENCIES
 Independent community
centers or special units.
 Assist to restore the health
and recuperate.
 Eg:- drug and alcoholic
rehabilitation centers.
 Services offered in the
home.
 Education to the client and
family.
 Provide care to
acute,chronic and
terminally ill client.

16. DAY CARE CENTERS RURAL CARE

17. DAY CARE CENTERS RURAL CARE
 Provide care for infants and
children while parents
work.
 Elder care centers also
available (socializing,
exercise programes and
simulation)
 Counseling and physical
therapy
 Provide emergency care to
clients in rural areas.
 Nurse in rural setting must
be generalists who are able
to manage a wide variety of
clients and health care
problems

18. HOSPICE SERVICES CRISIS CENTERS

19. HOSPICE SERVICES CRISIS CENTERS
 Hospice was a place for
travelers to sit.
 Care provided in the home
or other health care setting .
 Services given to the
terminally ill, their families
and support persons.
 Improving and maintaining
the quality of life.
 Provide emergency services
 24 hr service.
 Help people to cope up with
an immediate crisis.
 Provide guidance and
support for long term care.

20. MUTUAL SUPPORT AND
SELF HELP GROUP
 Deal with life crisis people
experience.
 Alcoholic anonymous
groups

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