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Health policy and Covid-19

Path dependency and trajectory

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ID12651930
AuthorsAzad Singh Bali (0000-0002-7670-9855, The Australian National University , Canberra, Australia, corresponding author), Alex Jingwei He (0000-0001-9024-4831, Education University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong), Alex He (0009-0009-4293-3398, Education University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong), M Ramesh (0000-0002-7376-2300, National University of Singapore , Singapore)
Year2022
Volume41
Issue1
Pages83-95
Publication date2022-01-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1449-4035 • E-ISSN: 1839-3373
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/polsoc/puab014
OpenAlexW4210670006
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited55

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has tested the mettle of governments across the globe and has thrown entrenched fault lines within health systems into sharper relief. In response to the outbreak of the pandemic, governments introduced a range of measures to meet the growth in demand and bridge gaps in health systems. The objective of this paper is to understand the nature and extent of the changes in health systems triggered by the COVID-19 crisis. The paper examines changes in the role of governments in (1) sector coordination, (2) service provision, (3) financing, (4) payment, and (5) regulations. It outlines broad trends and reforms underway prior to the pandemic and highlights likely trajectories in these aspects in the future. The paper argues that while the pandemic has accelerated changes already underway before the crisis, it has made little headway in clearing the path for other or deeper health policy reforms. The reform window that COVID-19 opened has not been wide enough to overcome the entrenched path dependency and structural interests that characterize the sector

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Disease · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Globe · Pandemic · Path dependency · Political science · Window of opportunity · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine

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Unique citing works20
Citations per year5
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 20
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