Background The premise that good governance will ultimately lead to better health
outcomes has been central to the proliferation of work in this area over the past decade …

This paper explores leadership and governance arrangements in seven developed health
systems: Australia, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland …

Background: Governance has a critical impact on health systems' performance and
achieving sustainable health goals. This research aimed to compare the health system …

A competent health workforce is a vital resource for health services delivery, dictating the
extent to which services are capable of responding to health needs. In the context of the …

Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the concept of stewardship to
clarify the practical components of governance in the health sector. For the WHO …

Health systems are 'the ensemble of all public and private organisations, institutions and
resources mandated to improve, maintain or restore health.'The private sector forms a major …

Governments across the globe have made repeated attempts to reform their health systems
in recent decades with the purpose of improving access while containing costs. What is the …

The lack of capacity for governance of Ministries of Health (MoHs) is frequently advanced as
an explanation for health systems failures in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). But …

With the recognized need for health systems' improvements in the circumpolar and
indigenous context, there has been a call to expand the research agenda across all sectors …

Background Paper on Conceptual Issues Related to Health Systems Research to Inform a
WHO Global Strategy on Health Systems Res Page 1 Background Paper on Conceptual Issues …