Lessons Learned & Recommendations
The WHO indicated that the process of evaluating the performance of a health system was early in its developmental stages and the WHO recommended continual evolvement in bridging health concerns with responsiveness to help people understand the objectives of health systems (WHO a, 2000). Additionally, the WHO suggested the need to further refine and develop utilization concepts and measurements in understanding the complexity of health care systems. My recommendation would mirror the WHO’s recommendation in continually evolving the process of evaluating the performance of health systems and to have the WHO update this world report.
1) Measurements and methods were arguable in recognizing the variance within a country to not include how the influences of economic, demographic, social, and cultural factors would impact the measurement of equity or quality.
2) Overall performance was only emphasized to include the variables of health care expenditure per capita and efficiency.
3) Health care systems are not a one size fits all because of the complexity it embodies relevant to the respective communities it services.
LESSONS LEARNED
RECOMMENDATIONS
It's been 16 years since the WHO published the World Health Report 2000 -- Health Systems: Improving Performance...
What can we learn from WHO's top three ranked health care systems to improve health reform in the United States?
In order for the U.S. to improve its health reform, the U.S. can learn from France, Italy, and San Marino's approach on health systems to conclude at its own health system; whether that be resolution or avoiding failure, the U.S. health care system is particular to the U.S. and its conditions--health systems are not a one size fits all.