Health Systems, Health, Wealth and Societal Well-being

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Health Systems, Health, Wealth and Societal Well-being
Assessing the case for investing in health systems
• How can we improve health, wealth and societal well-being by investing
in health systems?
• How can we ensure that health systems are sustained in the future?
• How can we monitor, manage and improve performance so that health
systems are as effective and efficient as possible?
This book looks at health systems from a new perspective. By reviewing the
complex relationship between health systems, health, wealth and societal well-
being, it argues that health systems need not be, as is often believed, simply a
drag on resources but rather can be part and parcel of improving health and
achieving better economic growth.
Aiming to assist policy makers as they assess the case for investing in health
systems, this publication reviews the evidence on:
• The contribution of health systems to better health and to
economic growth
• The ways that investment in better... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Health Systems, Health, Wealth and Societal Well-being
Assessing the case for investing in health systems
• How can we improve health, wealth and societal well-being by investing
in health systems?
• How can we ensure that health systems are sustained in the future?
• How can we monitor, manage and improve performance so that health
systems are as effective and efficient as possible?
This book looks at health systems from a new perspective. By reviewing the
complex relationship between health systems, health, wealth and societal well-
being, it argues that health systems need not be, as is often believed, simply a
drag on resources but rather can be part and parcel of improving health and
achieving better economic growth.
Aiming to assist policy makers as they assess the case for investing in health
systems, this publication reviews the evidence on:
• The contribution of health systems to better health and to
economic growth
• The ways that investment in better health can save future health
costs as well as boosting economic growth
• How we can create equitable, sustainable health systems fit for the
21st century
• Strategies to improve the performance of the health systems.
Josep Figueras is Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and
Policies and Head of the European Centre for Health Policy, World Health
Organization Regional Office for Europe.
Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health at the, London School of
Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Director of Research Policy at the European
Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Vissza