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037			_fInstitutional Fund
100			_aGreer, Scott L. (Ed.) _99189
245	1		_aStrengthening health system governance : _bbetter policies, stronger performance / _cedited by Scott L. Greer, Matthias Wismar, and Josep Figueras.
260			_aMaidenhead, Berkshire, England : _bOpen University Press, _c2016.
300			_axiv, 272 pages : _billustrations ; _g23 cm.
500			_aIncludes index. _bGreer, S. L., Wismar, M., & Figueras, J. (Eds.). (2016). Strengthening health system governance: Better policies, stronger performance. Maidenhead, Berkshire, England: Open University Press.
505			_aPart I: TAPIC: a framework for analysing and improving health system governance -- Introduction: strengthening governance amidst changing governance -- Governance: a framework -- Strategies for policy success: achieving 'good' governance -- Measuring governance: accountability, management and research -- Policy lessons for health governance -- Part II: Sectoral case studies on health system governance -- Governing competitive insurance market reform: case studies from the Netherlands and Switzerland -- The governance of public-private partnerships: lessons from the United Kingdom and Germany -- The governance of coverage in health systems: England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) -- Understanding the role of governance in the pharmaceutical sector: from laboratory to patient -- Intergovernmental governance for health: federalism, decentralization and communicable diseases -- Austerity: reforming systems under financial pressure -- Issues of governance in implementing complex policy innovations: lessons from primary health care reforms in Estonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Hospital governance: policy capacity and reform in England, France and Italy
520			_aGovernance is the systematic, patterned way in which decisions are made and implemented. The governance of a health system therefore shapes its ability to respond to the various well-documented challenges that health systems face today, and its capacity to cope with both everyday challenges and new policies and problems.This book provides a robust framework that identifies five key aspects of governance, distilled from a large body of literature, that are important in explaining the ability of health systems to provide accessible, high-quality, sustainable health. These five aspects are transparency, accountability, participation, organizational integrity and policy capacity. Part 1 of this book explains the significance of this framework, drawing out strategies for health policy success and lessons for more effective governance. Part 2 then turns to explore eight case studies in a number of different European regions applying the framework to a range of themes including communicable diseases, public-private partnerships, governing competitive insurance market reform, the role of governance in the pharmaceutical sector, and many more.The book explores how:- Transparency, accountability, participation, integrity and capacity are key aspects of health governance and shape decision making and implementation - There is no simply "good" governance that can work everywhere; every aspect of governance involves costs and benefits. Context is crucial.- Governance can explain policy success and failure, so it should be analysed and in some cases changed as part of policy formation and preparation. - Some policies simply exceed the governance capacity of their systems and should be avoided. This book is designed for health policy makers and all those working or studying in the areas of public health, health research or health economics.
650			_aHealth services administration _zEurope. _920311
650			_aHealth services administration. _917686
700			_aGreer, Scott L., _eeditor _99191
700			_aWismar, Matthias., _eeditor _99192
700			_aFigueras, Josep., _eeditor _99193
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