The crisis has given substance to an old and often
hypothetical debate about the financial sustainability of
health systems in Europe. For years it was the spectre
of ageing populations, cost-increasing developments
in technology and changing public expectations that
haunted European policy-makers troubl...
While there is a considerable body of health systems information being
generated, it is often not being used as a key input in the policy-making
process. The BRIDGE systematic review highlights several examples of health
systems information: not being used at all, being only partially used, being
used to...
There is a general lack of attention given to ‘what to do next’ to advance
knowledge brokering in many European countries’ health systems. Four sets
of interrelated issues can contribute to this problem within any given country’s
health system....
International health system performance comparisons have the potential to provide a rich source of evidence as well as policy influence.• Country comparisons that are not conducted with properly validated measures and unbiased policy interpretations may prompt adverse policy impacts and so caution is r...
Dans le présent article, nous examinons la prise de décisions dans un contexte où les données probantes sont insuffisantes. En pareille situation, les responsables de politiques sont souvent incapables de prévoir avec certitude les répercussions dune proposition de politique ou de programme de sant...
