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Glossary: Key Terms

Ambulatory Care Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) are examples of acute,
Sensitive Conditions chronic, or vaccine-preventable conditions for which hospitalisations are
(ACSC) preventable if appropriate and effective primary healthcare-based services
were delivered.
(WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2016)
Budget impact Budget-impact analysis estimates the population resource use and cost
analysis (BIA) for the mix of interventions and condition-related outcomes expected for a
healthcare budget holder over a given period after the introduction of the
new intervention, compared to that without the intervention, which results
in an estimation of the resource and budget impact of the intervention.
(Mauskopf & Earnshaw, 2017)
Citizen Citizen empowerment is one of the five elements of strategic purchasing
empowerment based on a synthesised framework. It is achieved through ensuring that
patients’ views and values are asserted, purchaser accountability is
enforced, and that citizen choice is increased. To do so, citizens should
be allowed input on their benefit package, their choice of provider, and
ability to hold purchasers and providers accountable for services offered.
(Klasa et al., 2018)

Current health Current health expenditure refers to the final consumption of health goods
expenditure and services by households, government, and non-profit institutions.
(OECD et al., 2017)
Developing effective Developing Effective Purchaser & Provider Organisations is one of the five
purchaser and elements of strategic purchasing based on a synthesised framework. It
provider describes that successful implementation of strategic purchasing is
organisations dependent upon well organised, autonomous, transparent purchasers
and providers who uphold a high degree of accountability to stakeholders.
(Klasa et al., 2018)

District Health District Health Centres (DHCs) are health centres that operate through a
Centre (DHC) district-based medical-social collaboration and public-private partnership
model in Hong Kong, with an aim to expand to seven districts in June
2022. They provide services in health promotion, health assessment,
chronic disease management, and community rehabilitation. They seek to
form a service network across all that better coordinates care for
residents at the community level.
(HKSARG, 2018b)
Domestic Health Also known as the national health account in Hong Kong, the Domestic
Account (DHA) Health Account (DHA) describe the totality of health care expenditure
flows in both the public and private sectors. Hong Kong’s DHA has
adopted the International Classification of Health Accounts (ICHA) asset
out in A System of Health Accounts (SHA) 2011.
(FHB, 2021a)
Elderly Health Care The Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme (EHCVS) was launched by the
Voucher Scheme Department of Health in 2009 and was normalised in 2014. It adopted the
(EHCVS) concept of “money follows the patient” to allow eligible Hong Kong elders
aged 65 or above to choose private healthcare services that best suit their
health needs, including preventive care, with an annual voucher amount of
HKD 2,000.
(FHB, n.d.-a)
Fee-for-service (FFS) Fee-for-service is a supply-side financing mechanism in which healthcare
providers are paid a fix payment for each service performed. While it
facilitates access to care, it also has the potential to contribute to
over-provision of unnecessary care.
(USDHHS, n.d.)

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