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Achieving Person-Centred Health Systems

Achieving Person-Centred Health Systems

Achieving Person-Centred Health Systems

Evidence, Strategies and Challenges
Ellen Nolte, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Sherry Merkur, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Anders Anell, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
Jonathan North, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
July 2020
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    The idea of person-centred health systems is widely advocated in political and policy declarations to better address health system challenges. A person-centred approach is advocated on political, ethical and instrumental grounds and believed to benefit service users, health professionals and the health system more broadly. However, there is continuing debate about the strategies that are available and effective to promote and implement 'person-centred' approaches. This book brings together the world's leading experts in the field to present the evidence base and analyse current challenges and issues. It examines 'person-centredness' from the different roles people take in health systems, as individual service users, care managers, taxpayers or active citizens. The evidence presented will not only provide invaluable policy advice to practitioners and policymakers working on the design and implementation of person-centred health systems but will also be an excellent resource for academics and graduate students researching health systems in Europe. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

    • Open access book that explores the idea of 'person-centred' health systems from the perspective of individual service users, their carers, taxpayers and active citizens
    • Provides policymakers with robust evidence on the range of strategies towards achieving more person-centred health systems
    • Highlights the opportunities and challenges of implementing person-centred health systems

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    Health systems in Europe and well beyond are being challenged to move from paternalistic to partnership models of care in which patients and the public play an active role in decision making at all levels, and services are designed to reflect their needs and priorities.. This book , which draws on a wide range of  evidence and expert views, provides a valuable guide on how to advance this move. Tessa Richards, Senior Editor, The British Medical Journal

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    July 2020
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    9781108846813
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    Table of Contents

    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgements
    • List of tables, figures and boxes
    • List of contributors
    • 1. The person at the centre of health systems: an introduction Ellen Nolte, Sherry Merkur and Anders Anell
    • 2. Person-centredness: exploring its evolution and meaning in the health system context Ellen Nolte, Sherry Merkur and Anders Anell
    • 3. Person-centred health systems: Strategies, drivers and impacts Ellen Nolte and Anders Anell
    • 4. Achieving person-centred health systems: levers and strategies Ellen Nolte and Anders Anell
    • 5. Community participation in health systems development Alizon K. Draper and Susan B. Rifkin
    • 6. Patient and public involvement in research Peter Beresford and Jasna Russo
    • 7. Listening to People: measuring views, experiences and perceptions Angela Coulter, Giuseppe Paparella and Andrew McCulloch
    • 8. Choosing Providers Marianna Fotaki
    • 9. Choosing payers: can insurance competition strengthen person-centred care? Ewout van Ginneken, Ruth Waitzberg, Andrew Barnes, Wilm Quentin, Martin Smatana and Thomas Rice
    • 10. The service user as manager of care: the role of direct payments and personal budgets Nick Verhaeghe
    • 11. Choosing treatments and the role of shared decision-making France Légaré, Martin Härter, Anne M. Stiggelbout, Richard Thomson and Dawn Stacey
    • 12. The person at the centre? The role of self-management and self-management support Ellen Nolte and Anders Anell
    • 13. Patients' rights: from recognition to implementation Willy Palm, Herman Nys, David Townsend, David Shaw, Timo Clemens and Helmut Brand
      Contributors
    • Ellen Nolte, Sherry Merkur, Anders Anell, Alizon K. Draper, Susan B. Rifkin, Peter Beresford, Jasna Russo, Angela Coulter, Giuseppe Paparella, Andrew McCulloch, Marianna Fotaki, Ewout van Ginneken, Ruth Waitzberg, Andrew Barnes, Wilm Quentin, Martin Smatana, Thomas Rice, Nick Verhaeghe, France Légaré, Martin Härter, Anne M. Stiggelbout, Richard Thomson, Dawn Stacey, Willy Palm, Herman Nys, David Townsend, David Shaw, Timo Clemens, Helmut Brand

    • Editors
    • Ellen Nolte , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

      Ellen Nolte is Professor of Health Services and Systems Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her expertise is in health systems research, international healthcare comparisons and performance assessment. She has published widely on health systems, integrated care, European health policy and population health assessments and serves as co-editor of the Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. With Martin McKee, Nigel Edwards and Sherry Merkur, she is co-editor of The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems (Cambridge, 2020).

    • Sherry Merkur , European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

      Sherry Merkur is Research Fellow and Health Policy Analyst at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, based at the LSE. She is Editor-in-Chief of Eurohealth and an author and editor of HiT: Health system reviews for countries in the European Region. Her publications include Promoting Health, Preventing Disease: The Economic Case (2015). With Martin McKee, Nigel Edwards and Ellen Nolte, she is co-editor of The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems (Cambridge, 2020).

    • Anders Anell , Lunds Universitet, Sweden

      Anders Anell is Professor at Lund University School of Economics and Management, Chairman of the Board at the Swedish Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis (VÃ¥rdanalys) and a former general director of the Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE). He has published widely on health systems, patient choice and the role and impact of incentives in healthcare.

    • Jonathan North , European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies