Assignment on Healthcare System 2022

374650-29210000
ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET
Course name: Health Policy & Saudi Healthcare System
Course number: HCM113 -20746
Assignment title or task:
(You can write a question) Paper Assignment
Saudi Arabia is one of the many other countries, who experiences excessive
difficulties in providing the health services to their citizens that are both cost-
effective and maintain a standard quality. The country is currently attempting to
address those issues by restructuring the entire health care system. The
activities include introduction of insurance coverage for the citizens along with
the foreign employees and also transferring the ownership of the public hospitals
to the private organisations and industries.
Based on the statement given explain the following points:
The history of the Healthcare system in Saudi Arabia.
Define the components of the Saudi health care system.
The challenges that are facing the Saudi healthcare system with emphasize on
the quality and the cost of the healthcare service and how is the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia is facing those challenges.
Student name: Doha Al-Yamani
Student ID: S180073542
Submission date: 26-3-2020Instructor name: Grade: Out of 10Q1 : The history
of the Healthcare system in Saudi Arabia.

Q1: The history of the Healthcare system in Saudi Arabia.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is focused on constructing a healthcare
system, which will be able to provide an easy and fair access to comprehensive
healthcare services to all the citizens. The Ministry of Health (MOH), who
represents the state, is working alongside with the other Ministry to develop an
integrated network, which will make the goal possible. They are attempting to
provide the access of the health services to the citizens, living across the entire
kingdom by developing the network, for which they are determining the
requirements of the citizens based on their demographic and geographical
situations and the patterns of disease and illness. The location and the level of
care required are also determined. Currently the citizens have a free access to
all the health care services in the government mediated healthcare facilities.
There was a Royal decree in 2002, focused on an establishment of Saudi Health
System. The decree ensured the provision of the comprehensive but cost-
effective health services to all the citizens of the country, following a fair-minded
judgment. In the year 2004, there were only 200 hospitals along with 1,848
primary healthcare providing medical facilities. To meet the requirement the
MOH decided to increase the budget for health services by 2.8% of the national
budget, in 2004. In 2006, there were about 35.4 nurses and 20.4 doctors per
10,000 individuals in the entire country. The number of hospitals and the
healthcare center was increased by 20 and 77, respectively in the year 2008.
There was an adoption of referral system by the hospitals to ensure curative care
to every member of a society. The system circled between the generalized
medical facilities and the specialized facilities.
Q2: Define the components of the Saudi health care system.
There are many components of the Saudi healthcare system, which can be
listed as following,
Funding:
Funding in the health system is an important component, which can be
ensured by an appropriate management of the health resources. The
management process includes collection, mobilization and distribution of all the
resources along with introducing development to their usage.
Management of the Medicine and other Medical Products:
This component is considered to be the second most important
component of the healthcare system. Medication, vaccines and other medical
products can also be considered as important healthcare resources. Thus it is
very important for an appropriate healthcare system to maintain an appropriate
supply of the medicines and other goods along with ensuring their distribution
and storage. The system also develops policies for regulating the drug use and
guaranteeing the quality. The healthcare systems in the medium and low income
countries ensure an easy access to the medications and other medical goods to