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Meeting the challenge of health system transformation in European countries

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ID12652020
AuthorsDavid J Hunter (0000-0003-3197-752X, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University , Newcastle, UK, corresponding author), David Hunter (0000-0003-0007-9751, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University , Newcastle, UK), Rafael Bengoa (0000-0003-3927-9275, Institute for Health and Strategy , Bilbao, Spain)
Year2022
Volume42
Issue1
Pages14-27
Publication date2022-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1449-4035 • E-ISSN: 1839-3373
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/polsoc/puac022
OpenAlexW4293068430
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

Transforming health systems is a complex, messy business with no quick or simple solutions. Countries struggle to make it happen with policy failure often the result. Reporting on a World Health Organization Europe project aimed at understanding how health system transformation can succeed, the paper draws on three European country case studies to offer insights and lessons for policy-makers elsewhere engaged in similar efforts. Critical to success in implementation is the adoption of a receptive context for change. Building on the policy capacity literature, it emphasizes the importance of environmental pressure, the quality and coherence of policy, leadership style, supportive organizational culture, and managerial-health profession relations

Business · Context (archaeology · Health care · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Policy and Management · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Health Policy

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year1,67
Citation span2023 - 2025 (3)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5

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