Health Policy Development During Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia
Mixed Methods Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22070930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wadi B Alonazi (0000-0002-3850-4437, King Saud University, corresponding author), Eman A Altuwaijri (0000-0003-1578-1957, King Saud University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Pages | 801273-801273 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.801273 |
| PMID | 35360666 |
| OpenAlex | W4220781708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
Healthcare systems are increasingly required to utilize effective approaches, apply evidence-based practice, and consequently sustain successful strategic management. Document analysis provides insights into the effective management tools applied by agencies to respond to crises. This article provides a practical exploration of how the Saudi health authority applied effective measures to eventually reduce the administrative and clinical consequences while managing the COVID-19 pandemic. The conceptual descriptive framework was based on health policy triangle of Walt and Gilson. Official reports and supporting documents issued by the Saudi government toward COVID-19 were operationally analyzed. Moreover, five healthcare professional experts were invited in a semistructured interview to assess the strategic steps that have been utilized to minimize the health risk by conducting a healthcare risk analysis. Various documents showed that two major entities were responsible for managing regulations and medications of COVID-19 in addition to six other entities that were partially involved. Although each entity was approved to work independently, their efforts were cohesively associated with each other. Most documents were well-applied on personal, social, organizational, and national strata. However, it is unclear how lessons identified became affirmative, while the collaboration remains vague, especially under the emergence of a new entity such as the Public Health Authority. Healthcare professional experts also positively supported the effectiveness of such policies to confront COVID-19 through the following three domains: health guidelines, utilizing simulation (telehealth/telecommunication) services, and ensuring continuity of services
Business · Health care · Knowledge management · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Telehealth · Telemedicine · Computer Science · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Health Policy
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |