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Authors draw on multiple data sources for the compilation of HiTs, ranging
from national statistics, national and regional policy documents to published
literature. Furthermore, international data sources may be incorporated, such as
those of the OECD and the World Bank. The OECD Health Data contain over
1200 indicators for the 34 OECD countries. Data are drawn from information
collected by national statistical bureaux and health ministries. The World Bank
provides World Development Indicators, which also rely on official sources.
In addition to the information and data provided
by the country experts,
the Observatory supplies quantitative data in the form of a set of standard
comparative figures for each country, drawing on the European Health for All
database. The Health for All database contains more than 600 indicators defined
by the WHO Regional Office for Europe for the purpose of monitoring Health
in All Policies in Europe. It is updated for distribution twice a year from various
sources, relying largely upon official figures provided by governments as well
as health statistics collected by the technical units of the WHO Regional Office
for Europe. The standard Health for All data have been officially approved
by national governments. With its summer 2013 edition, the Health for All
database started to take account of the enlarged EU of 28 Member States.
HiT authors are encouraged to discuss the data in the text in detail, including
the standard figures prepared by the
Observatory staff, especially if there are
concerns about discrepancies between the data available from different sources.
A typical HiT consists of nine chapters.
1. Introduction: outlines the broader context of the health system, including
geography and sociodemography, economic and political context, and
population health.
2. Organization and governance: provides an overview of how the health
system in the country is organized, governed, planned and regulated, as
well as the historical
background of the system; outlines the main actors
and their decision-making powers; and describes the level of patient
empowerment in the areas of information, choice, rights, complaints
procedures, public participation and cross-border health care.
3. Financing: provides information on the level of expenditure and the
distribution of health spending across different service areas, sources of
revenue, how resources are pooled and allocated,
who is covered, what
benefits are covered, the extent of user charges and other out-of-pocket
payments, voluntary health insurance and how providers are paid.
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4. Physical and human resources: deals with the planning and distribution
of capital stock and investments, infrastructure and medical equipment;
the context in which information technology systems operate; and human
resource input into the health system, including information on workforce
trends, professional mobility, training and career paths.
5. Provision of services: concentrates on the
organization and delivery
of services and patient flows, addressing public health, primary care,
secondary and tertiary care, day care, emergency care, pharmaceutical
care, rehabilitation, long-term care,
services for informal carers, palliative
care, mental health care, dental care, complementary and alternative
medicine, and health services for specific populations.
6. Principal health reforms: reviews reforms, policies and organizational
changes; and provides an overview of future developments.
7. Assessment of the health system: provides an assessment based on the
stated objectives of the health system, financial protection and equity
in
financing; user experience and equity of access to health care; health
outcomes, health service outcomes and quality of care; health system
efficiency; and transparency and accountability.
8. Conclusions: identifies key findings, highlights the lessons learned from
health system changes; and summarizes remaining challenges and future
prospects.
9. Appendices: includes references, useful web sites and legislation.
The quality of HiTs is of real importance since they inform policy-making
and meta-analysis. HiTs are the subject of wide
consultation throughout the
writing and editing process, which involves multiple iterations. They are then
subject to the following.
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A rigorous review process (see the following section).
•
There are further efforts to ensure quality while the report is finalized that
focus on copy-editing and proofreading.
•
HiTs are disseminated (hard copies, electronic publication, translations
and launches). The editor supports the authors throughout the production
process and in close consultation with the authors ensures that all stages
of the process are taken forward as effectively as possible.
One of the authors is also a member of the Observatory staff team and
they are responsible for supporting the other authors throughout the writing
and production process. They consult closely with each other to ensure that
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all stages of the process are as effective as possible
and that HiTs meet the
series standard and can support both national decision-making and comparisons
across countries.
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