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Panteli D, Mauer N, Winkelmann Jet al., authors; Lessof S, Azzopardi Muscat N, Permanand G, et al., editors. Transforming health service delivery: What can policy-makers do to drive change? [Internet] Copenhagen (Denmark): European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; 2023. (Policy Brief, No. 58.)

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  1. How can European health systems support investment in and the implementation of population health strategies?
    David McDaid, Michael Drummond, Marc Suhrcke
  2. How can the impact of health technology assessments be enhanced?
    Corinna Sorenson, Michael Drummond, Finn Børlum Kristensen, Reinhard Busse
  3. Where are the patients in decision-making about their own care?
    Angela Coulter, Suzanne Parsons, Janet Askham
  4. How can the settings used to provide care to older people be balanced?
    Peter C. Coyte, Nick Goodwin, Audrey Laporte
  5. When do vertical (stand-alone) programmes have a place in health systems?
    Rifat A. Atun, Sara Bennett, Antonio Duran
  6. How can chronic disease management programmes operate across care settings and providers?
    Debbie Singh
  7. How can the migration of health service professionals be managed so as to reduce any negative effects on supply?
    James Buchan
  8. How can optimal skill mix be effectively implemented and why?
    Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Ellen Kuhlmann, Elena Neiterman, Sirpa Wrede
  9. Do lifelong learning and revalidation ensure that physicians are fit to practise?
    Sherry Merkur, Philipa Mladovsky, Elias Mossialos, Martin McKee
  10. How can health systems respond to population ageing?
    Bernd Rechel, Yvonne Doyle, Emily Grundy, Martin McKee
  11. How can European states design efficient, equitable and sustainable funding systems for long-term care for older people?
    José-Luis Fernández, Julien Forder, Birgit Trukeschitz, Martina Rokosová, David McDaid
  12. How can gender equity be addressed through health systems?
    Sarah Payne
  13. How can telehealth help in the provision of integrated care?
    Karl A. Stroetmann, Lutz Kubitschke, Simon Robinson, Veli Stroetmann, Kevin Cullen, David McDaid
  14. How to create conditions for adapting physicians’ skills to new needs and lifelong learning
    Tanya Horsley, Jeremy Grimshaw, Craig Campbell
  15. How to create an attractive and supportive working environment for health professionals Christiane Wiskow, Tit Albreht, Carlo de Pietro
  16. How can knowledge brokering be better supported across European health systems?
    John N. Lavis, Govin Permanand, Cristina Catallo, BRIDGE Study Team
  17. How can knowledge brokering be advanced in a country’s health system?
    John. N Lavis, Govin Permanand, Cristina Catallo, BRIDGE Study Team
  18. How can countries address the efficiency and equity implications of health professional mobility in Europe? Adapting policies in the context of the WHO Code and EU freedom of movement
    Irene A. Glinos, Matthias Wismar, James Buchan,Ivo Rakovac
  19. Investing in health literacy: What do we know about the co-benefits to the education sector of actions targeted at children and young people?
    David McDaid
  20. How can structured cooperation between countries address health workforce challenges related to highly specialized health care? Improving access to services through voluntary cooperation in the EU
    Marieke Kroezen, James Buchan, Gilles Dussault, Irene Glinos, Matthias Wismar
  21. How can voluntary cross-border collaboration in public procurement improve access to health technologies in Europe?
    Jaime Espín, Joan Rovira, Antoinette Calleja, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Erica Richardson,Willy Palm, Dimitra Panteli
  22. How to strengthen patient-centredness in caring for people with multimorbidity in Europe?
    Iris van der Heide, Sanne P Snoeijs, Wienke GW Boerma, François GW Schellevis, Mieke P Rijken. On behalf of the ICARE4EU consortium
  23. How to improve care for people with multimorbidity in Europe?
    Mieke Rijken, Verena Struckmann, Iris van der Heide, Anneli Hujala, Francesco Barbabella, Ewout van Ginneken, François Schellevis. On behalf of the ICARE4EU consortium
  24. How to strengthen financing mechanisms to promote care for people with multimorbidity in Europe?
    Verena Struckmann, Wilm Quentin, Reinhard Busse, Ewout van Ginneken. On behalf of the ICARE4EU consortium
  25. How can eHealth improve care for people with multimorbidity in Europe?
    Francesco Barbabella, Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Sabrina Quattrini, Roberta Papa, Giovanni Lamura. On behalf of the ICARE4EU consortium
  26. How to support integration to promote care for people with multimorbidity in Europe?
    Anneli Hujala, Helena Taskinen, Sari Rissanen. On behalf of the ICARE4EU consortium
  27. How to make sense of health system efficiency comparisons?
    Jonathan Cylus, Irene Papanicolas, Peter C Smith
  28. What is the experience of decentralized hospital governance in Europe?
    Bernd Rechel, Antonio Duran, Richard Saltman
  29. Ensuring access to medicines: How to stimulate innovation to meet patients’ needs?
    Dimitra Panteli, Suzanne Edwards
  30. Ensuring access to medicines: How to redesign pricing, reimbursement and procurement?
    Sabine Vogler, Valérie Paris, Dimitra Panteli
  31. Connecting food systems for co-benefits: How can food systems combine diet-related health with environmental and economic policy goals?
    Kelly Parsons, Corinna Hawkes
  32. Averting the AMR crisis: What are the avenues for policy action for countries in Europe?
    Michael Anderson, Charles Clift, Kai Schulze, Anna Sagan, Saskia Nahrgang, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Elias Mossialos
  33. It’s the governance, stupid! TAPIC: a governance framework to strengthen decision making and implementation
    Scott L. Greer, Nikolai Vasev, Holly Jarman, Matthias Wismar, Josep Figueras
  34. How to enhance the integration of primary care and public health? Approaches, facilitating factors and policy options
    Bernd Rechel
  35. Screening. When is it appropriate and how can we get it right?
    Anna Sagan, David McDaid, Selina Rajan, Jill Farrington, Martin McKee
  36. Strengthening health systems resilience: key concepts and strategies
    Steve Thomas, Anna Sagan, James Larkin, Jonathan Cylus, Josep Figueras, Marina Karanikolos
  37. Building on value-based health care
    Peter C Smith, Anna Sagan, Luigi Siciliani, Dimitra Panteli, Martin McKee, Agnès Soucat, Josep Figueras
  38. Regulating the unknown: A guide to regulating genomics for health policy-makers
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  39. In the wake of the pandemic: Preparing for Long COVID
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  40. How can we transfer service and policy innovations between health systems?
    Ellen Nolte, Peter Groenewegen
  41. What are the key priority areas where European health systems can learn from each other?
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  42. Use of digital health tools in Europe: Before, during and after COVID-19
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  43. European support for improving health and care systems
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  44. What are patient navigators and how can they improve integration of care?
    Hannah Budde, Gemma A Williams, Giada Scarpetti, Marieke Kroezen, Claudia B Maier
  45. What are the implications of policies increasing transparency of prices paid for pharmaceuticals?
    Erin Webb, Erica Richardson, Sabine Vogler, Dimitra Panteli
  46. How can skill-mix innovations support the implementation of integrated care for people with chronic conditions and multimorbidity?
    Juliane Winkelmann, Giada Scarpetti, Gemma A Williams, Claudia B Maier
  47. Addressing backlogs and managing waiting lists during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
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  48. Does provider competition improve health care quality and efficiency?
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