Themai

ndi
ff
erencesbet
weeni
nst
it
uti
onal
heal
thandcommuni
tyheal
thar
e:

I
nst
it
uti
onal
Heal
th:

Focus:Inst
it
uti
onal
heal
thfocusesont
hehealt
hcar
eprovi
dedwithi
nspeci
fi
cheal
thcar
e
faci
l
iti
es,suchashospi
tal
s,cl
ini
cs,
nur
singhomes,
andlong-
ter
m caref
aci
li
ti
es.

Scope:
Thescopeofinst
it
uti
onalheal
thi
sty
pical
l
yli
mit
edt
othepat
ient
sorr
esi
dent
srecei
vi
ng
carewi
thi
ntheheal
thcar
einst
it
uti
on.

Responsi
bil
i
ties:Inst
itut
ional
healthpr
ofessi
onals,suchasdoct or
s,nur
ses,andother
heal
thcar
estaf f
,areresponsi
bleforpr
ovidi
ngdirectpatientcar
e,managingmedicalt
reat
ment
s,
andensuri
ngt hesmoot hoperati
onofthehealt
hcar efacil
it
y.

Fundi
ng:
Inst
it
utional
heal
thcar
eisof
tenf
undedt
hroughi
nsur
ance,
gov
ernmentpr
ogr
ams,
or
pri
vat
epayments.

Regul
ati
ons:I
nsti
tuti
onalheal
thcar
efaci
li
ti
esaresubj
ectt
ostri
ctregul
ati
onsandaccr
edi
tat
ion
st
andardstoensurethequali
tyandsaf
etyoft
heservi
cesprov
ided.

Communi
tyHeal
th:

Focus:Communit
yhealt
hfocusesontheoveral
lheal
thandwel
l
-bei
ngofaspeci
fi
cpopul
ati
on
orgeographi
car
ea,suchasaneighbor
hood,cit
y,orr
egi
on.

Scope:Thescopeofcommuni
tyhealthencompassesabr oaderrangeoffactor
sthatinf
luence
theheal
thoftheent
ir
ecommunit
y,includi
ngsoci
al,env
ironmental,andeconomicdeterminant
s
ofhealt
h.

Responsibi
li
ti
es:
Communi t
yhealt
hpr ofessional
s,suchaspublichealt
hworker
s,healt
h
educat
or s,
andcommunityorgani
zers,areresponsibl
eforassessi
ngcommuni t
yneeds,
devel
opingandimplementi
nghealt
hpr omot ionpr
ograms,andadv ocati
ngf
orpoli
ciesthat
supportcommunityheal
th.

Funding:Communityheal
thinit
iat
ivesar
eoft
enfundedt
hroughgov
ernmentgr
ant
s,communi
ty
organizat
ions,
andpubli
c-pr
ivat
epar t
ner
shi
ps.

Regulat
ions:
Communi tyheal
thprogramsar
etypi
cal
lysubjecttof
ewerr
egulat
ionsthan
i
nsti
tuti
onalheal
thcar
e,astheyfocusonpopul
ati
on-
lev
elinterv
ent
ionsr
athert
hanindiv
idual
pati
entcare.

I
nsummar y
,insti
tuti
onalhealt
hfocusesonthehealt
hcar
epr ovidedwithinspecif
icfaci
l
iti
es,
whil
ecommuni t
yhealthfocusesontheoveral
lheal
thandwel l
-beingofabr oaderpopul
ation.
Bothareessenti
al componentsofacomprehensiveheal
thcaresy st
em, buttheyhavedif
ferent
pr
iori
ti
es,r
esponsi bi
li
ti
es,andfundi
ngsources.