Health Care Allocation

The Bahamas medical industry is divided into two categories: public and private. There are five hospitals, including two private hospitals and three public hospitals, as well as numerous public community clinics and a number of private medical institutions offering medical services (Doctors Hospital, 2009). According to Smith (2010), in 1905 Princess Margaret Hospital was the main public facility, the last choice for those seeking medical care. Smith explained that the hospital of the time was divided into four areas "for sick people, poor people, patients for epilepsy, for madmen" (Smith, 2010).

"National medical treatment" or "national health insurance" refers to a system for allocating medical resources that anyone can access basic medical services as long as they are legal residents of the target area. No one will be refused nursing care, such as all residents of Massachusetts state or all citizens of Canada. "Full coverage" system means two slightly different things. First, it can refer to a system where all citizens can access public or private health insurance. Secondly, it can refer to a system where each citizen automatically undergoes free or low cost basic service (preventive, emergency medical) due to the standard benefits defined by the government.

In the present situation, the allocation of healthcare resources is a process by which healthcare funds are gathered in an organization and funds are obtained from an organization that purchases and / or provides healthcare on behalf of the patient. "Strategic resource allocation" (Rice & Smith, 2002). One of the proposed ways of implementing such allocation is to use risk adjusted face-to-face payment, where risk adjustment is aimed at adjusting per capita payment. Demographic characteristics (van de Ven & Ellis, 2000)

Medical law is primarily aimed at promoting equal access to medical care through resource allocation, but its implementation is not guided by published documents. The Public Health Public Health Law states that its main purpose is to ensure equal access to medical care 8. Developing a resource allocation formula certainly can support greater access to medical resources and more efficient operation of the system. At the operational level, these can be transformed into a minimization of health disparity to achieve the most equitable global improvement of health and well-being.