Wednesday, December 2, 2009

[EQ] Georgia - Health System Performance Assessment

            Georgia - Health System Performance Assessment

 

This report summarizes the main findings of the World Health Organization (WHO) assessment of the performance of the Georgian health system, which was carried out by the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia.
Technical and financial support from the WHO Regional Office for Europe and from the World Bank – 2009

Available online as PDF file [138p.] at: http://www.euro.who.int/document/E92960.pdf

“…..This report presents an assessment of the performance of the Georgian health system against a number of key performance dimensions: the health status of the population; the quality of health services and health care outcomes; health promotion and disease prevention policies; equity and financial protection; access to health care services; efficiency and effectiveness of health services; the effective allocation of health system resources; the health information system and the health system stewardship function of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs.
Policy recommendations are presented at the end of each section of this report. …..”

Content:

 

Introduction

Background

Brief health system description

Health system performance assessment findings

Dimension 1: Improve health system stewardship

Dimension 2: Improve the health information system

Dimension 3: Ensure efficient allocation of health system resources

Dimension 4: Improve efficiency and effectiveness of health service provision

Dimension 5: Improve financial, geographical and informational accessibility of the health system

Dimension 6: Improve equity and financial protection in the health system

Dimension 7: Improve health promotion, health behaviours, disease prevention, monitoring and detection

Dimension 8: Improve quality of health services and clinical outcomes

Dimension 9: Improve the health status of the population Recommendations for health information management and institutionalization of HSPA .

References

Annexes

Annex 1. Georgia health system performance dimensions, subdimensions and related health policy questions

Annex 2. Georgia health system performance assessment information requirements

Annex 3. Georgia health system performance assessment indicator results at-a-glance

 


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