Health Systems and Health  

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McKee, Martin

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Global Health and Global Health Ethics, page 63-74.
Topik: Health Systems; Health And Wealth; The Changing Nature of Health Care
Fulltext: Health Systems and Health.pdf (227.37KB)

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This chapter is based on a very different vision, in which health, health systems and economic growth can exist together, in a mutually supportive virtuous circle. Drawing on work undertaken for a ministerial conference organized by the European Region of the World Health Organization in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2008, it builds on what is now a substantial body of research on these three sets of mutual inter-relationships ( Figure 5.1 ). First, health care delivered appropriately and equitably has achieved substantial gains in population health while the promotion of better health reduces future demands for health care. Second, while, in general, wealthy countries have better health than poor ones, better population health leads to faster economic growth, as it enables individuals to make a greater contribution to the labor market and to be more productive. Finally, while economic growth makes more resources available for health care, the health-care system can, if harnessed in support of regional development and innovation, contribute to economic growth. These mutually benefi cial relationships will not, however, emerge spontaneously. Rather, they require collective action by governments and others to create health systems that address the health needs of their populations and respond to them with equitable and effective policies and practices.

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