Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries (eBook, ePUB)

Textbook for Public Health Practitioners
Redaktion: Siddiqi, Sameen; Iqbal, Meesha; Rouleau, Katherine D.; Mataria, Awad

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The importance of health systems has been reinforced by the commitment of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (L&MICs) to pursue the targets of Universal Health Coverage, Health Security, and to achieve Health-related Sustainable Development Goals. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the fragility of health systems in countries of all income groups. Authored by international experts across five continents, this book demonstrates how health systems can be strengthened in L&MICs by unravelling their complexities and by offering a comprehensive overview of fundamental concepts, performance assessment approaches and improvement strategies to address health system challenges in L&MICs. Centred on evidence and advocacy this unique resource on health systems in L&MICs will benefit a wide range of audiences including, readers engaged in public health practice, educational programs and research initiatives; faculties of public health and population sciences; policymakers, managers and health professionals working for governments, civil society organizations and development agencies in health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009211109
• Artikelnr.: 70911470

Inhaltsangabe

Section I. Analysing Health Systems: Concepts, Components, Performance: 1.
Introduction to health systems: Setting the scene; 2. Health systems based
on primary health care; 3. Universal health coverage and health system
strengthening; 4. Health system governance: Concepts, principles and
practice; 5. Financing health care: Revenue raising, pooling, and
purchasing; 6. Health workforce in low and middle income countries:
Concepts and dynamics unpacked; 7. The pharmaceutical system and its
components: Regulation and management and associated challenges; 8. Health
information systems: Data for decision-making in health systems; 9. The
organization and management of health services; 10. Health services
delivery: Key concepts and characteristics; 11. Role and contribution of
the community in health system strengthening; 12. Performing health
systems: Attributes and approaches to assessment; 13. Decision-making tools
for informed decisions by health policymakers and managers; 14. Health
policy and systems research: The role of implementation research; Section
II. Transforming Health Systems: Confronting Challenges, Seizing
Opportunities: 15. Universal health coverage and beyond: Health system
interventions and intersectoral policies; 16. Pro-poor expansion of
universal health coverage: Health financing strategies and options; 17.
Health insurance for advancing universal health coverage: Disentangling its
complexities; 18. From passive to strategic purchasing in low and middle
income countries: The what and how of getting the most from limited
resources; 19. Good governance and leadership for better health systems;
20. Developing a balanced health workforce: Understanding the health labor
market dynamics; 21. Enhancing equitable access to essential medicines and
health technologies; 22. Health information and information technology: The
path from data to decision; 23. Using health research for evidence-informed
decisions in health systems in L&MICs; 24. Integrated people-centred health
care: What is it and how it's done!; 25. Strengthening hospital governance
and management to become high-performing organizations; 26. Improving the
quality and safety of health care in low and middle income countries: What
works!; 27. Harnessing the contribution of the private health sector toward
public health goals; 28. Public-private partnership in health care
services; 29. Embedding people's voice and ensuring participatory
governance: Lessons from the Thai experience in community engagement; 30.
Achieving health-related sustainable development goals: Role of health
systems strengthening; 31. The determinants of health systems: Upstream
approach to addressing health and social inequities; 32. Integrating
essential public health functions in health systems: Ensuring health
security; 33. Engaging in a health care recovery process; 34. Health system
response to the covid-19 pandemic: Fault lines exposed and lessons learned;
35. Understanding the global health architecture: Toward greater 'donor'
independence; 36. Political economy of health reforms in low and middle
income countries; 37. Better health systems for better outcomes: How to
make it happen!