Health Policy

Health Policies
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Health Policy
The World Health Organization (n.d.). defines health policy as a factor that determines the plans, decisions, and modes of actions taken by the particular health care institutions and organizations based on their objectives of the community. An unequivocal health policy can characterize a real mission and vision for future generations since it can help establish the targets and points of reference in any period. Additionally, it prioritizes various groups in the society, constructs consensus, and informs people.
Significance of Health Policies for Health Administrators
Generally, the health administrators include the public health physicians, public health officers, and the government. All of these individuals have a particular level of involvement in health policies (Abel-Smith, 2018).
Primarily, health policies aid the community physicians in expanding their help to the marginalized areas where health may be difficult to access or inaccessible. Health policies provide the doctors the platform to practice medicine more efficiently because these typically launch programs such as short-term medical missions or establish small and big institutions that will cater to the sick (Abel-Smith, 2018).
Secondarily, the government has a macro and individual role when it comes to health policies. The macro issues involve the health concerns that impact the country as a whole. In turn, the government also analyzes how the health policies of their country can influence health policies around the globe. Previously, there were no established institutions in the United States to regulate novel infections or the prevalence of known infections. Because of this, the U.S. established the Center fo...