Phase III's five priorities are which of the following?

Phase III's five priorities are which of the following?

• A. Free markets, changes to financing, less insurance and more out-of-pocket payments, decrease in surveillance.
• B. It introduced universal health insurance by 2012.
• C. Healthcare reform (five priorities): universal insurance, essential drug access, primary care, strengthen public health services, reform public hospitals.
• D. Government-owned facilities, no private practices.

Answer: (C)

Phase III focuses on five priorities that are designed to extend coverage and strengthen how the health system actually works. The goals are universal insurance so people aren’t prevented by cost from getting care; access to an essential drug list so affordable medicines are available widely; a strong emphasis on primary care to be the first contact and coordinator of care; strengthening public health services to improve population health and preparedness; and reform of public hospitals to improve efficiency, governance, and the quality of inpatient care. Together, these areas shift the system toward broad access, affordable care, and an integrated service delivery model rather than relying on markets or keeping care fragmented. The other options describe different approaches (for example, market-driven changes, a timing claim about when universal insurance would be achieved, or a focus on government-owned facilities) that don’t capture this set of five interconnected priorities.

Phase III focuses on five priorities that are designed to extend coverage and strengthen how the health system actually works. The goals are universal insurance so people aren’t prevented by cost from getting care; access to an essential drug list so affordable medicines are available widely; a strong emphasis on primary care to be the first contact and coordinator of care; strengthening public health services to improve population health and preparedness; and reform of public hospitals to improve efficiency, governance, and the quality of inpatient care. Together, these areas shift the system toward broad access, affordable care, and an integrated service delivery model rather than relying on markets or keeping care fragmented. The other options describe different approaches (for example, market-driven changes, a timing claim about when universal insurance would be achieved, or a focus on government-owned facilities) that don’t capture this set of five interconnected priorities.