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1. The document discusses various health service providers, health care facilities, and health care plans. It describes professionals like doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. 2. Health care facilities include hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, drug stores, and medical laboratories. Hospitals provide primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and care. 3. The document also discusses health care plans like PhilHealth, which is a government program that provides health insurance coverage for Filipinos.

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Health Service Providers

1. The document discusses various health service providers, health care facilities, and health care plans. It describes professionals like doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. 2. Health care facilities include hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, drug stores, and medical laboratories. Hospitals provide primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and care. 3. The document also discusses health care plans like PhilHealth, which is a government program that provides health insurance coverage for Filipinos.

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Health Service

Lesson 2
Providers
Learning Targets
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to
1. discuss the various forms of health service providers and health care
plans; and
2. select health professionals, specialists, and health care services wisely.

Getting Ready
Share your recent experiences with any of the following health care
professionals.

1. Dentist – A person licensed to take care of the teeth and gums


2. Nurse – A person licensed to care for the sick, especially in a hospital
3. Pharmacist – A person licensed to dispense medication and to
promote safe and effective medication
4. Medical Doctor – A person licensed to treat diseases
5. Medical Technologist – A person licensed to draw, test, and analyze
body fluids and tissues

Learn and Share


As health consumers, we need access to health care especially during
times of sickness and injury. We seek the help of doctors to make us feel
better when we are ill. We go to health care facilities to have ourselves
admitted or operated when the need arises. Lastly, we need to prepare
for the payment of our health care needs. Thus, knowledge of health care
plans is also important.

Health Service Providers


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Health service providers are professionals who are licensed to practice


health care under existing laws (i.e., Philippine Laws). Some examples of
health care professionals are the following:

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1. Doctors
2. Nurses
3. Psychologists
4. Medical Technologists
5. Pharmacists
6. Nutritionists/Dietitians
7. Radiologic Technicians
8. Respiratory Therapists
9. Physical Therapists
10. Occupational Therapists

Health Care Facilities

Health care facilities are places that house amenities, instruments, and
machines used to deliver or practice health services. The following are
some examples of these facilities.

1. A hospital is a major health care facility which provides primary


prevention (preventive), secondary prevention (diagnostic), and
tertiary prevention (curative and rehabilitative treatment) to patients.
a. Primary prevention is concerned with preventing the onset of a
disease. It involves interventions that are applied before there is
any symptom of a disease or an injury (e.g., seminars, lay fora,
vaccination, taking calcium supplements to avoid osteoporosis).
b. Secondary prevention is focused on screening. It is concerned with
detecting a disease in its earliest stage, before symptoms appear, and
intervening to slow down or stop its progression. The assumption
is that earlier intervention will be more effective in slowing down or
reversing the disease. Examples of screening tests include the pap
test to screen for cancer of the cervix, annual physical examination,
and BP monitoring. Diagnostic tests and machines are also used to
detect illnesses and their veracity.
c. Tertiary prevention is focused on interventions designed to
arrest the progress of an established disease and to control its
negative consequences. Health care professionals are prescribing
medications or performing surgery to achieve complete healing.
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Rehabilitative therapy can also be done to deliver and restore


normal functions of body parts.

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2. A clinic or health care center is a facility that focuses mainly on the
care of outpatients. It provides the following services.
a. outpatient consultations
b. first aid
c. dental procedures
d. counseling
e. psychotherapy
f. immunization

3. A nursing home is a type of residential care that provides round-


the-clock nursing care for a certain group of people. They provide
short-term rehabilitative therapies following a surgery, illness, or injury
such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech-language
therapy. Nursing homes offer other services, such as planned activities
and daily housekeeping services. Some nursing homes specialize in
the following:
• Rehabilitation from alcoholism
• Rehabilitation from drug addiction
• Home for terminally ill patients
• Home for the elderly

4. A drug store is an accredited establishment that sells medicines and


other medical goods or paraphernalia. This store can be found either
inside the hospital or as a separate entity in the community.

5. A medical laboratory is a facility where examination of specimens and


laboratory tests are conducted to rule out any possible illness.

Health Care Plans

A health care plan is a mechanism that provides for possible health needs
including medical and dental coverage, in the future. It is paid through a
scheduled personal contribution or direct salary deduction.

1. PhilHealth is a government agency that enjoins employees both in


the government and in private companies to pay for their monthly
contribution which will be used for their hospitalization. Its general
function is to provide health insurance coverage and guarantee
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affordable, acceptable, available, and accessible health care services


for Filipinos.

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2. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) provide a type of health
plan where individuals employed in a company or are self-employed
enroll to make sure their future medical expenses, including
hospitalizations, are secured.
3. A health insurance plan is a prepaid benefit that covers the payment
of the medical and surgical expenses incurred by the insured from
illness or injury.

Activity

1. Recall your answers in Getting Ready. If you will be given a chance to


be a health care provider, which one will you choose? Why? Explain
your answer in 300 words.
2. Your class will be divided into three groups. Each group will select one
topic from the list below and submit a term paper about the topic.
a. PhilHealth Membership: Who are the seven groups of Filipinos
eligible to become a member of PhilHealth?
b. PhilHealth Benefits: What are the benefits of being a PhilHealth
member?
c. PhilHealth Functions: What are the powers and functions of
PhilHealth based on Article IV, Section 16 of RA 7875 as amended
by RA 10606?

Keep in Mind

 Health care providers are required to be licensed to be operational/


functional.
 Health care facilities are places where health services are provided to
patients.
 PhilHealth ensures affordable, acceptable, available, and accessible
health care services for Filipinos.
 Nursing homes, drug stores, and laboratories are allies of hospitals
and clinics in providing a complete range of instruments to prevent
and cure diseases.
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Evaluation

Complete the table below.

Primary Secondary Tertiary


Prevention Prevention Prevention
Focus

Objective

Examples

Importance

Values Integration

Health service providers are unsung heroes. Do you agree with this
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statement? How can you, as a student, show your respect for and
appreciation to their profession?

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