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Health Systems Frameworks

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Health systems frameworks help to describe and analyze health systems, as well as frame interventions to strengthen health systems, while reflecting the agendas and biases of their authors. This chapter summarizes the uses and limitations of some widely used health systems frameworks, arguing that the choice of a framework should be fit-for-purpose. A comprehensive description of a health system framework is presented to fill some gaps by incorporating previously overlooked social and structural determinants of health, and as well incorporating broader population health services and health emergency and disaster risk management. We discuss how frameworks can support a systems thinking approach when they prompt how key stakeholders, functions, and outcomes are specifically related to each other and health system objectives, and outline considerations to help in selecting an appropriate framework.

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  1. Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    David H. Peters

  2. Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

    David H. Peters

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  1. Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Mario C. B. Raviglione

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwill, Switzerland

    Fabrizio Tediosi

  3. Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Simone Villa

  4. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Núria Casamitjana

  5. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Antoni Plasència

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Peters, D.H. (2023). Health Systems Frameworks. In: Raviglione, M.C.B., Tediosi, F., Villa, S., Casamitjana, N., Plasència, A. (eds) Global Health Essentials. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33851-9_39

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