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An evidence-based analysis of the opportunities and challenges of moving towards more person-centred health systems.
A team of world-leading policy experts and clinicians analyse the changing role of the hospital across Europe.
The North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (NAO) is a collaborative partnership of interested researchers, academic organizations, governments, and health organizations. Through its work, the NAO promotes evidence-informed health system policy decision-making in Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America. Academic partners include the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, the National Institute of Public Health, Mexico, and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership, hosted by WHO/Europe, and has hubs in Brussels, London, and Berlin. The Health Systems in Transition series consists of in-depth profiles of health systems and policies in specific countries, produced using a standardized approach that allows comparison across countries. They provide facts, figures, and analysis, and highlight reform initiatives in progress. Book jacket.
A growing body of evidence from economic studies shows areas where appropriate policies can generate health and other benefits at an affordable cost, sometimes reducing health expenditure and helping to redress health inequalities at the same time.
The mythical 'demographic timebomb' can be defused through policies that reduce inequalities between and within generations.
A necessary book for healthcare professionals and theologians struggling with moral questions about rationing in healthcare. This book outlines a Christian ethical basis for how decisions about health care funding and priority-setting ought to be made.
Factors outside of healthcare services determine our health and this involves many different sectors. Health for All Policies changes the argument about inter-sectoral action, from one focusing on health and the health sector to one based on co-benefits - a 'Health for All Policies' approach. It uses the Sustainable Development Goals as the framework for identifying goals across sectors and summarizes evidence along two causal axes. One is the impact of improved health status on other SDGs, e.g. better educational and employment results. The other is the impact of health systems and policies on other sectors. The 'Health for All Policies' approach advocated in this book is thus a call to improve health to achieve goals beyond health and for the health sector itself to do better in understanding and directing its impact on the world beyond the healthcare it provides. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
A systematic analysis of health workforce skill-mix innovations, implementation and outcomes for individuals, patients and health systems.
Based on European health initiatives on reducing workplace risks and promoting workplace health, this book focuses on issues that predominantly or exclusively affect women, or have gender-specific implications due to workplace inequalities. Among the topics covered: occupational hazards, work/life balance issues, pregnancy, smoking cessation, alcohol awareness, diet/exercise and other lifestyle concerns.
Analyses the relation of preventive and curative health policy and its evolution over time.