In this book, we invited 146 authors with expertise in health
policy, systems design, management, research, or practice, from
each of the countries included, to consider health reforms or
systems improvements in their country or region. The resulting case
studies, of 52 individual countries and five regional groupings,
cover 152 countries or territories, or three-quarters of the
world's nations. Each chapter author was asked to think 5-15 years
into the future and make a prediction on how their health system
could be strengthened as a result of the successful unfolding of
their case study. The types of projects our authors have chosen to
explicate into the future are wide-ranging. They vary from
e-consultation services in Estonia, achieving universal health
coverage in Argentina and Mexico, reforming long-term care in the
Netherlands, reassessing care for the aging population and the
frail elderly in Australia, streamlining the health system through
Lean Thinking in Nigeria, using regulation to improve care in South
Africa, developing a new accreditation model in Turkey, through to
a critique of physician specialization in Russia and applying IT
initiatives to improve care in China, Lebanon, Taiwan, Papua New
Guinea, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and Wales. Chapter
writers recognized that the improvement work they were doing was
part of a moving target. There was general agreement that the
effective use of limited resources and overcoming hurdles and
constraints were crucial to enhancing health systems in order to
deliver better care over the medium term. While some initiatives
required considerable funding, many were relatively inexpensive.
These case studies demonstrate ways in which fruitful application
of partnerships and creativity can make considerable gains in
strengthening healthcare delivery systems. Features The third book
in a series on international health reform Involves 146
contributing authors, five regional editors, a series editor and a
highly skilled support team to explore sustainable improvement in
health systems in the future Encompasses a time horizon of the next
5-15 years Covers 152 countries or territories, with 52 individual
countries and an analysis of five regional groupings comprising 100
countries
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