[EQ] Investing in and implementing population health strategies

How can European health systems support investment in and the implementation of population health strategies?

 

David McDaid, LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, and European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Michael Drummond, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom

Marc Suhrcke, Venice Office, WHO Regional Office for Europe

POLICY BRIEF - HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICY ANALYSIS

 

World Health Organization, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies 2008

 

            Available online PDF [36p.] at: http://www.euro.who.int/document/hsm/1_hsc08_ePB_2.pdf

 

“…..Poor health in Europe has substantial health and socioeconomic costs. Much of this burden might be avoided by implementing effective population health strategies, both within and outside the health system. A broad approach to promoting population health requires a combination of upstream and downstream measures. Upstream measures may include measures that, among other goals, can help promote health, such as fiscal redistribution, improving the quality of housing and using incentives to encourage students to stay in school. Downstream measures include health promotion and primary disease prevention action, often targeting individual behaviour and lifestyle.

To support investment in population health strategies, health systems must be able to identify not only what works and at what cost but also in what context. Mechanisms to allow such information to be fed into the policy deliberation process and also to facilitate the implementation of agreed population health strategies are then required….”

 

Contents

Key messages

Executive summary

Policy brief

The case for investing in health promotion and disease prevention strategies in Europe

Policy options: generating and using existing evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of population health strategies

Policy options moving forward: strengthening the evidence base and examining institutional arrangements

Identifying alternative ways of bringing about change

Summary

References

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