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Editorial: Year 2022 in review
Irina Ibragimova, Helen Phagava International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp.1-3 (Source: International Journal of Health Governance)
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - March 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Irina Ibragimova Helen Phagava Source Type: research

The need for a nursing specific patient safety definition, a  viewpoint paper
The need for a nursing specific patient safety definition, a viewpoint paper Anna V. Chatzi, Maria Malliarou International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This viewpoint article discusses and analyses the need and benefits of a patient safety definition within the context of nursing.This viewpoint article is supported by literature review, statutory documents and expert knowledge evidence. All these sources provided a unified narrative of the background, current aspects and future needs of patient safety.The need for strengthening patient safety and the nurses' role within healt...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - March 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anna V. Chatzi Maria Malliarou Source Type: research

The effect of increasing health disaster risk and public spending on economy conditions: a  DSGE perspective
The effect of increasing health disaster risk and public spending on economy conditions: a DSGE perspective Ali Keshavarzi, Hamid Reza Horry International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The main motivation of the present study is to understand the severity of the effect of health shock on Iran's oil economy and analyze the role of government under these conditions.Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models can show the precise interactions between market decision-makers in the context of general equilibrium. Since the duration of the virus outbreak and its effect on t...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - March 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ali Keshavarzi Hamid Reza Horry Source Type: research

Applying a new approach to the governance of healthcare quality at  board level
Applying a new approach to the governance of healthcare quality at board level Jennifer Martin, Zuneera Khurshid, Gemma Moore, Michael Carton, John J. Fitzsimons, Colm Henry, Maureen A. Flynn International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper describes a quality improvement project to improve oversight of quality at national board level using statistical process control (SPC) methods, complimented by a qualitative experience of patients and frontline staff. It demonstrates the application of the “Picture-Understanding-Action” approach and shares the lessons learnt.Usin...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jennifer Martin Zuneera Khurshid Gemma Moore Michael Carton John J. Fitzsimons Colm Henry Maureen A. Flynn Source Type: research

Strengthening health data governance: new equity and rights-based principles
Louise Holly, Shannon Thom, Mohamed Elzemety, Beatrice Murage, Kirsten Mathieson, Maria Isabel Iñigo Petralanda International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper introduces a new set of equity and rights-based principles for health data governance (HDG) and makes the case for their adoption into global, regional and national policy and practice.This paper discusses the need for a unified approach to HDG that maximises the value of data for whole populations. It describes the unique process employed to develop a set of HDG principles. The paper highlights lessons learned ...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - March 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Louise Holly Shannon Thom Mohamed Elzemety Beatrice Murage Kirsten Mathieson Maria Isabel I ñigo Petralanda Source Type: research

A study on next-generation digital tool for health data management: the e-Pulse portal
This study aims to investigate the working way of the e-Pulse portal in Türkiye as a sample of a next-generation digital tool for health data management. Accordingly, this study focuses on explaining the structure and key services of the e-Pulse portal in the context of health data management.This study is a technical paper that will explain how the e-Pulse portal works in Türkiye. Accordingly, the data are based on secondary sources and mostly the official website of the e-Pulse portal. As a sample case, this study investigates the e-Pulse portal from Türkiye. The data are categorized by tables, and some key factors ar...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Seda H. Bostanc ı Seda Y ıldırım Durmus Cagri Yildirim Source Type: research

The relations between resilience and self-efficacy among healthcare practitioners in context of the COVID-19 pandemic – a rapid review
Joanna Barbara Baluszek, Kolbjørn Kallesten Brønnick, Siri Wiig International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this rapid review was to present current evidence on relations between resilience and self-efficacy among healthcare practitioners in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.Literature searches were conducted in February/2022 in the online database MEDLINE EBSCO and not date/time limited. Eligibility criteria were as follows: population – healthcare practitioners, interest – relations between resilience and self-efficacy and context – COVID-19.Six eligibl...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - February 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joanna Barbara Baluszek Kolbj ørn Kallesten Brønnick Siri Wiig Source Type: research

Is rising pharma market a new burden? Introspecting the  implications of India’s healthcare journey from public to a private good
Is rising pharma market a new burden? Introspecting the implications of India’s healthcare journey from public to a private good Srujana Boddu, Anagha Tobi International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The paper demonstrates prejudicial effects of the rising private participation and the lacuna of state in ensuring the accessibility and affordability of healthcare.Secondary data analysis from national and international databases is employed to demonstrate the low government spending and the alternate healthcare financing mechanisms in the country. The company reports of six In...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - February 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Srujana Boddu Anagha Tobi Source Type: research

The effect of full-time culture on  quality and safety of care – a literature review
The effect of full-time culture on quality and safety of care – a literature review Malin Rosell Magerøy, Siri Wiig International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study is to increase knowledge and understanding of the relationship between full-time-culture and the outcome for quality and safety of care.The paper is a literature review with a qualitatively oriented thematic analysis concerning quality or safety outcomes for patients, or patients and staff when introducing a full-time culture.Identified factors that could have a positive or negative impac...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - February 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Malin Rosell Mager øy Siri Wiig Source Type: research

Inter-state disparities in government health expenditure in  India: a study of national rural health mission
Inter-state disparities in government health expenditure in India: a study of national rural health mission Mohammad Azhar Ud Din, Muzffar Hussain Dar, Shaukat Haseen International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The study aims to compare India's public health expenditure at the international and state levels. The paper also empirically examines the regional disparities in NRHM spending across the 21 selected states of India.The tools of absolute β-and σ-convergence are used in the analysis to test the regional convergence. The average annual growth rate across the states is t...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - January 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohammad Azhar Ud Din Muzffar Hussain Dar Shaukat Haseen Source Type: research

Backstage researching resilience researchers – dilemmas and principles for data collection in the resilience in healthcare research program
Siri Wiig, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, Heidi Dombestein, Hilda Bø Lyng, Eline Ree, Birte Fagerdal, Lene Schibevaag, Veslemøy Guise International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Resilience in healthcare is fundamental for what constitutes quality in healthcare. To understand healthcare resilience, resilience research needs a multilevel perspective, diverse research designs, and taking advantage of different data sources. However, approaching resilience researchers as a data source is a new approach within this field and needs careful consideration to ensure that research is t...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - December 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Siri Wiig Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland Heidi Dombestein Hilda B ø Lyng Eline Ree Birte Fagerdal Lene Schibevaag Veslem øy Guise Source Type: research

Governance in Moroccan public hospitals: critical analysis and  perspectives for action
This study was the first to analyse the Moroccan hospital governance model, using a comprehensive and structured evaluation methodology designed for public hospitals and supported by extensive data collection which made it possible to offer a broad and in-depth view of the actual functioning of these institutions. (Source: International Journal of Health Governance)
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - December 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yassmine Mourajid Asmaa Ghafili Mohamed Chahboune Abderraouf Hilali Chaima Fihri Fassi Source Type: research

Inclusive policies for health financing towards universal health coverage in Pakistan: direct or  indirect taxes
This study aims to offer a unique solution for health financing to Pakistan.This study uses the VECM model by employing the data from Pakistan to indicate sustainable policies for health financing.The results of this research show that direct taxes have a positive impact on public health expenditure; on the contrary, indirect taxes have a negative impact; it also confirms the importance of considering the direct tax based on high-income quintiles to guarantee equality and Access to health for all that contributes to human development.This article leads to the design of a new health system that will be useful for improving ...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - December 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amirreza Kazemikhasragh Marianna Vanessa Buoni Pineda Source Type: research

Deregulation on branded and generic drugs price and its effect: a  study of Chinese pharmaceutical market
In this study, the author applied the interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) on the revenue data of nine categories of both generic and branded drugs in China from March 2011 to August 2016 (the time frame includes both before and after of the initialization of the deregulation) and analyzed the effect of deregulation.The results showed that, whether the revenue of drugs will increase or decrease after the deregulation of price cap depends on the level of competition and the change of patterns of the branded and generic drugs are different. When HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman index) is sufficiently low (competition is high),...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - November 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lu Liu Source Type: research

27.4 Review
Fiona Ellen MacVane Phipps International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp.469-476 (Source: International Journal of Health Governance)
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - October 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fiona Ellen MacVane Phipps Source Type: research