Population Health and Health Services: Old Challenges and New Realities in the COVID-19 Era

Antonio Sarría-Santamera, Alua Yeskendir, Tilektes Maulenkul, Binur Orazumbekova, Abduzhappar Gaipov, Iñaki Imaz-Iglesia, Lorena Pinilla-Navas, Teresa Moreno-Casbas and Teresa Corral
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Antonio Sarría-Santamera: Department of Medicine, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Nur-Sultan 02000, Kazakhstan
Alua Yeskendir: Department of Medicine, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Nur-Sultan 02000, Kazakhstan
Tilektes Maulenkul: Department of Medicine, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Nur-Sultan 02000, Kazakhstan
Binur Orazumbekova: Department of Medicine, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Nur-Sultan 02000, Kazakhstan
Abduzhappar Gaipov: Department of Medicine, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Nur-Sultan 02000, Kazakhstan
Iñaki Imaz-Iglesia: Spanish Network in Health Services Research and Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Lorena Pinilla-Navas: Spanish Network in Health Services Research and Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Teresa Moreno-Casbas: Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Teresa Corral: Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-5

Abstract: (1) Background: Health services that were already under pressure before the COVID-19 pandemic to maximize its impact on population health, have not only the imperative to remain resilient and sustainable and be prepared for future waves of the virus, but to take advantage of the learnings from the pandemic to re-configure and support the greatest possible improvements. (2) Methods: A review of articles published by the Special Issue on Population Health and Health Services to identify main drivers for improving the contribution of health services on population health is conducted. (3) Health services have to focus not just on providing the best care to health problems but to improve its focus on health promotion and disease prevention. (4) Conclusions: Implementing innovative but complex solutions to address the problems can hardly be achieved without a multilevel and multisectoral deliberative debate. The CHRODIS PLUS policy dialog method can help standardize policy-making procedures and improve network governance, offering a proven method to strengthen the impact of health services on population health, which in the post-COVID era is more necessary than ever.

Keywords: delivery of health care 2; health service; preventive 3; health promotion 4; health policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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