Overview

Health systems are fluid and their components are interdependent in complex ways. Policymakers, academics and students continually endeavour to understand how to manage health systems to improve the health of populations. However, previous scholarship has often failed to engage with the intersections and interactions of health with a multitude of other systems and determinants. This book ambitiously takes on the challenge of presenting health systems as a coherent whole, by applying a systems-thinking lens. It focuses on Malaysia as a case study to demonstrate the evolution of a health system from a low-income developing status to one of the most resilient health systems today. A rich collaboration of multidisciplinary academics working with policymakers who were at the coalface of decision-making and practitioners with decades of experience, provides a candid analysis of what worked and what did not. The result is an engaging, informative and thought-provoking intervention in the debate. This title is Open Access.

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Author:   Jo. M. Martins ,  Indra Pathmanathan ,  David T. Tan ,  Shiang Cheng Lim
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781108949675

ISBN 10:   1108949673
Pages:   558
Publication Date:   13 July 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of case studies; List of abbreviations; 1. An introduction to health systems David McCoy and Pascale Allotey; 2. Systems thinking for health system improvement Barry Newell, David T. Tan and Katrina Proust; 3. Malaysia's health and socio-economic transformation Jo. M. Martins; 4. Health service delivery: primary health care Shiang Cheng Lim, Indra Pathmanathan and Safurah Jafaar; 5. Health service delivery: secondary and tertiary care Indra Pathmanathan, Milton Lum and Anuar Zaini; 6. Health service delivery: disease prevention and control Shiang Cheng Lim; 7. Health service delivery: environmental health services Mukundan Sugunan Pillay and Debbie Siru; 8. Health workforce Indra Pathmanathan; 9. Financing health care Chiu-Wan Ng; 10. Health information Nuraidah M. Marzuki, Fazilah S. Allaudin, Supathiratheavy Rasiah and Jo. M. Martins; 11. Medical products Thomas Paraidathathu and Chee Han Lim; 12. Leadership and governance Jo. M. Martins and Indra Pathmanathan; 13. Lessons from a health system in evolution David McCoy, Indra Pathmanathan, David T. Tan, Jo. M. Martins and Shiang Cheng Lim; 14. Toward a systems thinking theory for health systems David T. Tan; Appendix – detailed acknowledgements; Index.

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Jo. M. Martins is adjunct Professor at the International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Indra Pathmanathan is Principal Visiting Fellow in the International Institute of Global Health, United Nations University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. David T. Tan is Head of Experimentation in the United Nations Development Programme. Shiang Cheng Lim is Country Technical Lead for Better Health Programme Malaysia at RTI International (Malaysia Office). Pascale Allotey is Director of the International Institute for Global Health at United Nations University.

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