Exploring health policy development in Europe / edited by Anna Ritsatakis [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wood-Ritsatakis, Anne, editor.

World Health Organization.

Series:

WHO regional publications. European series. Number 86.

WHO Regional Publications, European Series, 0378-2255 ; Number 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical policy--Europe.

Medical policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (551 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, Denmark : World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reports the results of a major study aimed at determining the extent to which health policy development in Europe has been guided by the principles, objectives, and targets of the WHO health for all frameworks. Noting that health for all is a value-driven policy, the study gives particular attention to the development of policy instruments that incorporate the principles of equity, participation, and intersectoral action. The study also aimed to measure the extent to which the health for all policy has operated as a successful tool for addressing health needs and reaching targets. Policy developments over the past two decades are considered for each of 50 European countries. The report has four chapters followed by a series of country profiles. Chapter one introduces the study and describes its goals, methodology, and sources of information. The second and most extensive chapter presents 13 in-depth case studies describing the health for all process in 10 European countries. Countries were selected as representing a range of different population needs, health priorities, systems for health care, and political and administrative structures. Each case study is presented according to a common framework that considers how the main principles of health for all have influenced the development of policies. Chapter three summarizes the results of this analysis, covering such topics as the criteria for setting priorities and targets, the extent to which the principles of health for all have been implemented, and the key question of whether successes in some countries can be duplicated in others. Chapter four extracts general lessons from these experiences, identifies shared problems, and considers the main challenges facing future health policy in Europe. These include growing inequities in health, social exclusion, demographic changes, rising expectations, and the globalization of economies and communication technologies. The report concludes with a series of 50 country profiles offering concise overviews of health for all policy development.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Prologue

Contributors

1 Using the health for all framework to explore the development of health policy in the European Region of WHO

2 Case studies

The process of developing health for all policy in Finland, 1981-1995 Simo Kokko

Health policy in North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany Birgit Weihrauch

Four variations on one topic: changes in health policy in Hungary (1980-1994) Peter Makara

Health policy development in Lithuaniaa Vilius Grabauskas

Health policy development in Malta Ray G. Xerri

Health policy in the Netherlands

Development of policy for health for all in Catalonia

Health policy development in Sweden: action at three levels Bosse Pettersson

Comparative analysis of development of health policy in Östergötland County, Sweden Lena Rydin Hansson

Healthy City Gothenburg: the work of the Public Health Advisory Committee in evaluating the European regional targets as they relate to Gothenburg

The development of national health policy in Turkey Gül Ergör &amp

Zafer Öztek

England: a healthier nation Diana McInnes &amp

Ruth Barnes

Health gain investment for the 21st century: developments in health for all in Wales Morton Warner

3 An overview of experience in the European Region

4 Learning from the past, looking to the future

Annex Country profiles.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

55641459