Tools & methods
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Health at a glance: Europe
This second edition presents the most recent indicators of health and health systems in 35 countries: the 27 European Union countries, five candidate countries and three European Free Trade Association countries. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Health care systems: efficiency and institutions
Presents indicators for assessing health-care system performance, with new comparative data on health-care policies and institutions in countries. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Health systems assessment approach: a how-to manual
Health system assessment manual. Covers key health system functions and is organized around WHO’s six health system building blocks. (United States Agency for International Development)
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Health systems performance assessment: a tool for health governance in the 21st century
Health systems performance assessment can be used to collect information to inform policy-making, to monitor progress, to identify best practice, to optimize health systems for health authorities committed to improving the health of their people. (WHO/Europe)
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Improving value in health care: measuring quality
Describes the available internationally comparable quality measures and how to link them to policies such as accreditation, practice guidelines, pay-for-performance, national safety programmes and quality reporting. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Performance measurement for health system improvement: experiences, challenges and prospects
With increasing demand for measurement of the performance of health providers, a more strategic vision of the role of performance measurement in securing health system improvement is needed. This report is an authoritative, practical guide for policy-makers, regulators, patient groups and researchers. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
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Towards measuring the volume output of education and health services: a handbook
Summarizes country practices and methods for output-based approaches to measuring health and education services; presents volume changes over time within countries and differences at a particular time among countries. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Achieving better value for money in health care
Addresses how health systems can improve the efficiency of resource use and thereby help ensure the financial sustainability of health-care systems. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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BRIDGE (Brokering knowledge and research information to support the development and governance of health systems in Europe) policy briefs and summaries
To map existing initiatives, mechanisms and practices of knowledge brokering for health policy-making and what is known about their effectiveness in bridging the gap between policy-makers and the information and research being generated. (WHO/Europe, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
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Consultation paper: green paper ((COM((2011)) 367 final)): modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive
Consultation paper from European Union of General Practitioners/Family Physicians. (European Union of General Practitioners)
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Effective ways to realise policy reforms in health
An investigation of the factors that help or hinder the reform of health systems. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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EU Health Systems Impact Assessment tool
Web-based tool and method; provides information on the objectives and functions of health systems that are affected by policy proposals; also provides links to information and evidence from other initiatives. (European Commission)
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Health system performance comparison: an agenda for policy, information and research
Priorities for future work on performance comparison in the development of data sources and measurement instruments, analytical methods and assessment of evidence, with lessons and future priorities. A rich source of material for policy-makers, their analytical advisers, international agencies, academics and students of health systems. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
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Health systems governance in Europe: the role of EU law and policy
Gives insight into the areas of European Union policy and law that affect national health-care systems. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
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Health systems performance assessment: a tool for health governance in the 21st century
Health systems performance assessment can be used to collect information to inform policy-making, to monitor progress, to identify best practice, to optimize health systems for health authorities committed to improving the health of their people. (WHO/Europe)
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Health systems, health, wealth and societal well-being: assessing the case for investing in health systems
Synthesis of evidence linking health systems, health and wealth, with systematic examination of the issues involved and their interactions to assist policy-makers in assessing the case for investing in health systems. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
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Improved health system performance through better care coordination
Assessment of whether and to what degree better care coordination can improve health system performance in terms of quality and cost-efficiency. Coordination of care refers to policies to help create patient-centred care that is more coherent both within and among care settings and over time. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Improving health sector efficiency: the role of information and communication technologies
Analysis of countries’ efforts to use information and communication technology in their health-care system, with advice on policy options, conditions and practices that can be adapted to national circumstances to accelerate adoption and effective use of the technology. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Modern health-care delivery systems, care coordination and the role of hospitals
Report of a workshop organized by the Belgian Federal Public Health Service and WHO/Europe held in 2011 and an internal WHO expert meeting held in 2012 (WHO/Europe)
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NGO code of conduct for health systems strengthening
Intended for service organizations, funders and host governments as a guide to encourage practices that contribute to building public health systems and discourage those that are harmful. (Health Alliance International)
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Performance measurement for health system improvement: experiences, challenges and prospects
With increasing demand for measurement of the performance of health providers, a more strategic vision of the role of performance measurement in securing health system improvement is needed. This report is an authoritative, practical guide for policy-makers, regulators, patient groups and researchers. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
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Policy briefs and summaries
Overview of policy briefs and summaries of available evidence on health systems for health policy-makers (WHO/Europe, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
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Re-orienting health systems: towards modern, responsive and sustainable health promoting systems
This position paper describes the key aspects of approaches to ensuring sustainable health and social protection systems across Europe, with a focus on the role of the European Union. (EuroHealthNet and European Union)
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Towards people-centred health systems: an innovative approach for better health outcomes
The challenges, vision, mission, strategy and services and products of WHO/Europe to strengthen health systems. (WHO/Europe)