CHCs are an indispensable part of a nation’s health care system. They are the fundamental health care for any country made available to the people at an affordable cost (Darney et al., 2020). They provide primary health services to the community residents needed for one’s daily well-being demands. Community individuals receive professional health care services before being transferred to either an advanced or general medical facility. Primary health care is the foundation of a population’s health system assisting in the socioeconomic improvement of society (Martinez et al., 2020). CHCs’ focus is always on the health services rendered to individuals at a worthwhile cost. In the 40 years of CHC’s history, they have concentrated health policy formulation on the value got by the community from the care system, practices, and mediation (Darney et al., 2020). However, the proper meaning of value involves not only economic issues but the cost-efficiency of the health policy structure.
Cost-effectiveness, therefore, is a set of legal methods that promote a well-designed and precise comparison of the care systems, practices, and mediations. Future potential health partners and investors should therefore prioritize the value of CHCs to the community served (Fontil et al., 2017). The importance of CHCs value is not only narrow economic aspects but also the noneconomic features to boost accessibility (Martinez et al., 2020). Cost-effectiveness applies to the health-wise quality of life and expenditures, which are the two components of value.
CHCs have proven to be a significant health care source through their convenience. Therefore, whether a nation has developed a health care system or not, CHCs offer communities access to care without favoritism ( Fontil et al., 2017). They equally attend to those who are unable to pay for medical services. Thus, CHCs’ saves the public money because access to CHCs increases utilization, thus, reducing hospital emergencies and bills accrued from long stays in the hospital. Therefore, CHCs are the economic engines that boost community improvement in job provisions, purchasing of goods and services, and paying taxes ( Martinez et al., 2020). Finally, CHCs enhance productivity, whereby an active community contributes so considerably toward a nation’s development. Healthy people can efficiently work, go to school, and take care of families.
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Martinez, G. S., Chu, J., Marachelian, A., & Gomez, M. (2020). More than health care: The value of addressing health, education, and social service needs together through community health centers. The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 43(1), 41-54. Web.