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Meeting the challenge of health system transformation in European countries

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  • David J Hunter
  • Rafael Bengoa

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Transforming health systems is a complex, messy business with no quick or simple solutions. Countries struggle to make it happen with policy failure often the result. Reporting on a World Health Organization Europe project aimed at understanding how health system transformation can succeed, the paper draws on three European country case studies to offer insights and lessons for policy-makers elsewhere engaged in similar efforts. Critical to success in implementation is the adoption of a receptive context for change. Building on the policy capacity literature, it emphasizes the importance of environmental pressure, the quality and coherence of policy, leadership style, supportive organizational culture, and managerial-health profession relations.

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  • David J Hunter & Rafael Bengoa, 2023. "Meeting the challenge of health system transformation in European countries," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 42(1), pages 14-27.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:polsoc:v:42:y:2023:i:1:p:14-27.
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