International Journal of Health Governance: Volume 23 Issue 2

Women's Lives Matter… Unfortunately More in Some Places than Others An International Perspective on Investing for Health

David Birnbaum, Michael Decker

Policy to encourage the development of antimicrobials

Ayman Chit, Paul Grootendorst

Antimicrobial resistance is a public health threat even in countries exercising aggressive antimicrobial stewardship. A market failure is also causing lackluster innovation in…

The impact of Health Sector Evolution Plan on the performance of hospitals in Iran: Evidence from the Pabon Lasso model

Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Mohammad Bazyar, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Behrooz Jahani, Behzad Karami Matin

The Health Sector Evolution Plan (HSEP) is the most recent reform in Iran’s health care system that was launched in May 2014 in all university-affiliated hospitals to reduce…

Policy dialogues: facilitators’ perceived role and influence

Olivia Biermann, Tanja Kuchenmüller, Ulysses Panisset, Mark Leys

The purpose of this paper is to better understand facilitators’ perceived role and influence on a policy dialogue’s (PD) process and impact. PDs enable interactions between policy…

Healthcare systems: typologies, framework models, and South Africa’s health sector

Shadrack Katuu

A healthcare system in any country is rarely the product of one logical policy-making experience, but rather a manifestation of many years of historical development. The purpose…

Revisiting public health informatics: patient privacy concerns

David Birnbaum, Kathryn Gretsinger, Marcy G. Antonio, Elizabeth Loewen, Paulette Lacroix

Expanding networks of data portals and repositories linked to electronic patient record systems, along with advances in information technology, have created both new opportunities…

Adding value, reducing research waste, the role of the NHS research and development management community

Virginia Minogue, Bill Wells

Research suggests that 85 per cent of health research is avoidably wasted. The research and development management community has an important role in the research process and can…

Health policy: what/when/how?

Fiona MacVane Phipps