The aim of this website is to share expertise and experience on health care systems with policy makers, managers of health services, health care providers and health system researchers. The website is a product of a network Switching International Health Policies and Systems (SWHIPS).The articles are publisher versions or author versions, depending on the archiving policies of the publishers. Of all articles, the copyright remains with the editor or author, respectively. Contact us: healthsystems@itg.be.
More information on the aim of this website.Here, we place the direct results of the organisation of the health care system and the delivery of care. Attributes like efficiency, sustainability and others also could be mentioned there, but we consider these as underlying values that are important for all the processes in the health system.
The outcomes of service delivery are: universal access for all eligible citizens, to care of good quality that is responsive to the needs of people.
How to use this website
The main text on the topic pages gives an introduction to and an synthesis of the main topics. For each topic, primary documents are accessible in PDF format. Some activities have taken place in French and Spanish speaking contexts, and the relevant documentation is in French / Spanish.
The articles are publisher versions or author versions, depending on the archiving policies of the publishers. Of all articles, the copyright remains with the editor or author, respectively.
This website is a growing medium and new documentation is regularly placed. If you want to be informed about updates, please send us an email. You can contact us via: healthsystems@itg.be.
