Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Papanicolas, Irene 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8000-3185
(2013)
Conceptualizing and comparing equity across nations.
In: Papanicolas, Irene and Smith, Peter C., (eds.)
Health System Performance Comparison: an Agenda for Policy, Information and Research.
European Observatory on health systems and policies series.
Open University, Buckingham, UK.
ISBN 9780335247264
Abstract
International comparison of health system performance has become increasingly popular, made possible by the rapidly expanding availability of health data. It has become one of the most important levers for prompting health system reform. Yet, as the demand for transparency and accountability in healthcare increases, so too does the need to compare data from different health systems both accurately and meaningfully. This timely and authoritative book offers an important summary of the current developments in health system performance comparison. It summarises the current state of efforts to compare systems, and identifies and explores the practical and conceptual challenges that occur. It discusses data and methodological challenges, as well as broader issues such as the interface between evidence and practice. The book draws out the priorities for future work on performance comparison, in the development of data sources and measurement instruments, analytic methodology, and assessment of evidence on performance. It concludes by presenting the key lessons and future priorities, and in doing so offers a rich source of material for policy-makers, their analytic advisors, international agencies, academics and students of health systems.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/openup/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Authors |
| Divisions: | LSE Health |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2012 14:26 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 17:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/44095 |
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