Aktivierender Staat und aktive Bürgergesellschaft im deutschen Gesundheitswesen

Bernhard Borgetto ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2004, vol. 49, issue 2, 152-160

Abstract: Enabling state and active civil society in the German health care cystem This paper discusses the question, to what extent concepts of an enabling state are realised in the German health policy and wether they meet active citizens with corresponding competencies. The analysis is based on a review of the literature refering to the promotion and development of the self-help movement and citizen partizipation in the German health care system. The results show, that since 1999 the following enabling health policy measures were adopted: the promotion of independent patient advisory services and shared decision-making, the enactment of participation rules in the rehabilitation system and the compulsory subsidy for self-help groups, self-help organisations and clearing houses for self-help. The active engagement of the citizens both as co-producers of health on the individual level and as participants in processes of communication and decision-making on the system level is still restricted to a small part of the population. An enabling health policy and a broad citizen participation are still in the beginning, but they have the potential to strengthen each other and to realise synergetic effects. Even though some corresponding institutions were already established and attitudes of the health care professionals start to alter, the question wether the health policy will change from a welfare producing state to an enabling state cannot be answered completely yet. Copyright Birkhäuser-Verlag Basel 2004

Keywords: Enabling state; Civil society; Self-help; Citizen participation; Health care system; Health policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-004-3014-1

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