First journal dedicated to bridging research, theory and analysis with knowledge and experience in h Editors-in-Chief
Michael R. Reich
Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA, US
Associate Editors
Health System Financing
William Hsiao - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US
Health System Management
Tricia J. Johnson - Rush University, Chicago, IL,US
Public Health
David Peters - Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, Baltimore, MD, US
Health Policy
Elias Mossialos โ The London School
Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA, US
Associate Editors
Health System Financing
William Hsiao - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US
Health System Management
Tricia J. Johnson - Rush University, Chicago, IL,US
Public Health
David Peters - Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, Baltimore, MD, US
Health Policy
Elias Mossialos โ The London School
Have you thought about the impact of COVID-19 on financing UHC progress? In this paper, the authors consider the implications of the crisis to identify policies that can safeguard progress and protect health for all in the decades to come.
Read it here: https://buff.ly/3DSvnVD
Making progress toward Universal Health Coverage will require better benefits packages and financial protection to meet the health needs of older adults, especially the poorest and most vulnerable segments of elderly populations.
Learn more and share: https://buff.ly/3xb1KgZ
Policies aiming to reduce health inequities should not only foster more equitable service coverage but also focus on the social determinants of health.
Learn more about how inequalities in child health outcomes are related to socioeconomic inequalities: https://buff.ly/3v3xBha
In this article, Gaudin & Yazbeck demonstrated that Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) can be used beyond the country level to reveal dominant patterns in health-system challenges and opportunities in developing countries.
Read it now: https://buff.ly/3ukaAYf
Learn more about the systematic review by Watson, Yazbeck & Hartel of published research on health insurance and equity, and the evidence on what works and what does not in serving the needs of the poor in the health sector.
Read it now: https://buff.ly/3r5PdYs
Through the Flagship Framework, Ozcelik and colleagues investigated how the organization of primary health care delivery in Brazil and Turkey can lead to measurable improvements in access to care ๐ง๐ท๐น๐ท
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3KmVFSm
Attending both the operation and financing of Indiaโs health care system and the Social Determinants of Health is needed to tackle the leading drivers of observed inequalities in forgone care for maternal and child health services across India.
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3DObj6S
Despite the achievements over the last 30 years, the Brazilian health system still faces challenges to guarantee financial protection to all Brazilians, particularly the poor ๐ง๐ท
Explore one of our Special Issue's research articles by Araujo & Coelho: https://buff.ly/3JfD6hH
Health financing reforms and safety nets are needed to reduce the financial consequences of ill-health in terms of increased health expenditure and reduced agricultural productivity.
Learn more from the evidence in rural Ethiopia ๐ช๐น https://buff.ly/3KovWt4
In one of the research articles from our Special Issue on Equity and Health Systems, Capuno, Kraft & O'Donnell estimated inpatient costs paid by the Philippines' National Health Insurance Program (PhilHealth) to learn how prepayment varies with the level of healthcare costs and between poorer and richer patients ๐ต๐ญ
Learn more in this open-access paper: https://buff.ly/37mGnP4
In one of our recent articles, the authors explore how the demographic characteristics of Indian Members of Parliament are associated with child malnutrition and mortality throughout India, both of which remain major public health issues.
Read it now: https://buff.ly/3IX6hWT
The pandemic has increased the vulnerability of migrants around the world. Learn about the impact of COVID-19 on people on the move in Southern Africa land border communities, and the policy and practice challenges affecting both the cross-border migrants and host communities.
Our open-access commentary is available here: https://buff.ly/35XCRdF
In 2021, authors from all over the world shared their research in our journal on many of the most pressing challenges for health systems. Vol. 7, Issue 1 of 2021, includes a great and diverse collection of analyses and discussions from Ethiopia, Armenia, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Canada, Russia, Kenya, Bangladesh, Mexico and South Africa! ๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ท๐บ๐ฐ๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Read them now: https://buff.ly/3CtwTgn
Learn more about how 45 countries are designing essential packages of health services as a policy tool. In this article, the authors introduce new tools and methods for UHC policy analysts and researchers.
Read it now! https://buff.ly/3pyyOep
Dear readers, authors, and friends,
Health Systems & Reform has just completed its 7th year of publication, including two years as a fully Open Access journal. Our Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Michael R. Reich, shares some results and great news, and thanks all of you for helping us grow our community.
Adam Wagstaff was passionate about putting research into practice. "He did so in many ways, all of which have profoundly and lastingly influenced health policy worldwide." โ Mamta Murthi & Muhammad Ali Pate.
Read more about Wagstaff's legacy: https://buff.ly/31Hw3i4
Indiaโs quest to achieve pro-poor UHC should be supported with robust health financing equity analysis.
Chatterjee & Smith contribute to this goal by assessing the equity and effectiveness of public spending on health in Odisha, India ๐ฎ๐ณ
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3qcQ21A
The Romanian experience presents three lessons for generating political priority to address inequitable access to high-quality primary health care reforms ๐ท๐ด
Explore authors' findings in this Special Issue research article by Wang, Adanna Chukwuma, Radu Comsa, Tania Dmytraczenko, Estelle Gong & Lidia Onofre: https://buff.ly/3r2BuRm
Learn more about the first analysis of trends in socioeconomic-related inequalities in health-adjusted life expectancy.
These findings indicate how far South Africa has come in achieving its goal of improving population health outcomes: https://buff.ly/3n99dr1
Happy 2022! If you missed our Special Issue on Equity and Health Systems, you can find it right here. The issue was all about health sector inequalities and empirical health sector research.
Curious? Read the issue's introduction by our Guest Editors: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1968326
During these last two months, we have been sharing commentaries and research articles from our Special Issue on Equity and Health Systems in Honor of Adam Wagstaff.
Learn more about how Adam's legacy as a researcher, leader and mentor shaped this issue: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1968564
Authors, friends and colleagues: Eddy Van Doorslaer, Owen O'Donnell, Davidson Gwatkin, Abdo Yazbeck, Magnus Lindelow, Caryn Bredenkamp, Winnie Yip, Sarah Bales, Diane McIntyre, Deon Filmer, Damien de Walque, Agnรจs Couffinhal & Reem Hafez.
Have you thought about the impact of COVID-19 on financing UHC progress?
In this paper, Susan Powers Sparkes, Patrick Eozenou, David Evans, Christoph Kurowski, Joseph Kutzin & Ajay Tandon consider the implications of the crisis to identify policies that can safeguard progress and protect health for all in the decades to come.
Read it here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1929796
#health #covid #UHC #health4all
Making progress toward Universal Health Coverage will require better benefits packages and financial protection to meet the health needs of older adults, and especially the poorest and most vulnerable segments of elderly populations.
Learn more and share: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1911067
Authors: Patrick Eozenou, Sven Neelsen & Marc-Francoise Smitz
Policies aiming to reduce health inequities should not only foster more equitable service coverage but also focus on the social determinants of health.
Learn more about how inequalities in child health outcomes are related to socioeconomic inequalities: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1934955
In this article, Sylvestre Gaudin & Abdo Yazbeck demonstrate that Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) can be used beyond the country level to reveal dominant patterns in health-system challenges and opportunities in developing countries.
Read it now: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1902671
#health #healthsystems #healthcare #healtheconomics
Learn more about the systematic review by Julia Watson, Abdo Yazbeck & Lauren Hartel of published research on health insurance and equity, and the evidence on what works and what does not in serving the needs of the poor in the health sector.
Read it now: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1917092
#health #research #healthsystems #healthpolicy
Through the Flagship Framework, authors Ece Ozcelik, Adriano Massuda, Marcia Castro & Enis Barฤฑล investigate how the organization of primary health care delivery in Brazil and Turkey can lead to measurable improvements in access to care ๐ง๐ท๐น๐ท
Learn more: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23288604.2021.1939931
#healthcare #brazil #turkey #healthsystems #primaryhealthcare
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