Access to Health Care Services in Cross River State Nigeria
WHAT ARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES?
Health services include all services dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease, or the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health. They include personal and non-personal health services (WHO, 2010; Health Care Services)
Health services are the most visible functions of any health system, both to users and the general public. Service provision refers to the way inputs such as money, staff, equipment and drugs are combined to allow the delivery of health interventions. Improving access, coverage and quality of services depends on these key resources being available; on the ways services are organized and managed, and on incentives influencing providers and users
Health services are the most visible part of any health system, both to users and the general public. Health services, be they promotion, prevention, treatment or rehabilitation, may be delivered in the home, the community, the workplace, or in health facilities. Effective health service delivery depends on having some key resources: motivated staff, equipment, information and finance, and adequate drugs. Improving access, coverage and quality of health services also depends on the ways services are organized and managed, and on the incentives influencing providers and users. A health system needs staff, funds, information, supplies, transport, communications and overall guidance and direction. And it needs to provide services that are responsive and financially fair, while treating people decently. (www.who.int/healthsystems/about/en/)
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
The poor state of health systems in many parts of the developing world is one of the greatest barriers to increasing access to essential health care. However, problems with health systems are not confined to poor countries. Some rich countries have large populations without access to care because of inequitable arrangements for social protection. Others are struggling with escalating costs because of
Health services include all services dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease, or the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health. They include personal and non-personal health services (WHO, 2010; Health Care Services)
Health services are the most visible functions of any health system, both to users and the general public. Service provision refers to the way inputs such as money, staff, equipment and drugs are combined to allow the delivery of health interventions. Improving access, coverage and quality of services depends on these key resources being available; on the ways services are organized and managed, and on incentives influencing providers and users
Health services are the most visible part of any health system, both to users and the general public. Health services, be they promotion, prevention, treatment or rehabilitation, may be delivered in the home, the community, the workplace, or in health facilities. Effective health service delivery depends on having some key resources: motivated staff, equipment, information and finance, and adequate drugs. Improving access, coverage and quality of health services also depends on the ways services are organized and managed, and on the incentives influencing providers and users. A health system needs staff, funds, information, supplies, transport, communications and overall guidance and direction. And it needs to provide services that are responsive and financially fair, while treating people decently. (www.who.int/healthsystems/about/en/)
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
The poor state of health systems in many parts of the developing world is one of the greatest barriers to increasing access to essential health care. However, problems with health systems are not confined to poor countries. Some rich countries have large populations without access to care because of inequitable arrangements for social protection. Others are struggling with escalating costs because of