BEST POSSIBLE HEALTH OUTCOMES AT DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS OF COMMUNITY- THE BETTER CARE PLAN
Author(s)
Singh A, Khera K
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India
Study Objectives: Proposal of an ideal model for obtaining the best possible health outcomes at different socioeconomic levels of community/population in India. Conclusion: Various social inequities viz. race; ethnicity, religions and economic status affect operationalization of health decisions as well as health outcomes invariably. These all inequities define socioeconomic levels of any community. Assessing health equity needs comparing health and its social inequities/determinants within different levels. It is attainable call to standardize the process of healthcare decision making; to obtain best possible health outcomes. Hereby, we propose an ideal model; a “Better Care Plan” which would help in opting best possible health outcomes at different socioeconomic levels. Foremost, we require to understand the mindset of people on healthcare needs. We found that one requires clear communication; mutual collaboration between clinician, patient and other healthcare professionals; professionally competent and compassionate staff and their services; continuity of care and professional excellence required mostly for chronic ailment. In next step “better care plan” undertakes evaluation of the impediment issues that might rise at various points related to patient, staff and system. Diverse quality dimensions proposed by different studies and models would be aimed to standardize the process of healthcare decision making. The six areas of “Better Care Plan” involves focus on patient; rationale; efficiency; opportune, safety and potency; which would help to obtain optimal healthcare outcomes at different socioeconomic levels. Privatization; where private organizations are committed to serve people with government schemes; is one of the important issue which needs improvement. Basic implementations such as community services through home medication reviews, awareness programs will be helpful with “Better Care Plan”.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-09, ISPOR Asia Pacific 2014, Beijing, China
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)
Code
PHP113
Topic
Health Policy & Regulatory, Methodological & Statistical Research
Topic Subcategory
Confounding, Selection Bias Correction, Causal Inference
Disease
Multiple Diseases