Achieving Person-Centred Health Systems
Evidence, Strategies and Challenges

An evidence-based analysis of the opportunities and challenges of moving towards more person-centred health systems.

Ellen Nolte (Edited by), Sherry Merkur (Edited by), Anders Anell (Edited by), Jonathan North (Assisted by)

9781108790062, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 August 2020

420 pages
22.7 x 15 x 2.2 cm, 0.6 kg

Health systems in Europe and well beyond are being challenged to move from paternalistic to partnership models of care in which patients and the public play an active role in decision making at all levels, and services are designed to reflect their needs and priorities.. This book , which draws on a wide range of  evidence and expert views, provides a valuable guide on how to advance this move. Tessa Richards, Senior Editor, The British Medical Journal

The idea of person-centred health systems is widely advocated in political and policy declarations to better address health system challenges. A person-centred approach is advocated on political, ethical and instrumental grounds and believed to benefit service users, health professionals and the health system more broadly. However, there is continuing debate about the strategies that are available and effective to promote and implement 'person-centred' approaches. This book brings together the world's leading experts in the field to present the evidence base and analyse current challenges and issues. It examines 'person-centredness' from the different roles people take in health systems, as individual service users, care managers, taxpayers or active citizens. The evidence presented will not only provide invaluable policy advice to practitioners and policymakers working on the design and implementation of person-centred health systems but will also be an excellent resource for academics and graduate students researching health systems in Europe. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of tables, figures and boxes
List of contributors
1. The person at the centre of health systems: an introduction Ellen Nolte, Sherry Merkur and Anders Anell
2. Person-centredness: exploring its evolution and meaning in the health system context Ellen Nolte, Sherry Merkur and Anders Anell
3. Person-centred health systems: Strategies, drivers and impacts Ellen Nolte and Anders Anell
4. Achieving person-centred health systems: levers and strategies Ellen Nolte and Anders Anell
5. Community participation in health systems development Alizon K. Draper and Susan B. Rifkin
6. Patient and public involvement in research Peter Beresford and Jasna Russo
7. Listening to People: measuring views, experiences and perceptions Angela Coulter, Giuseppe Paparella and Andrew McCulloch
8. Choosing Providers Marianna Fotaki
9. Choosing payers: can insurance competition strengthen person-centred care? Ewout van Ginneken, Ruth Waitzberg, Andrew Barnes, Wilm Quentin, Martin Smatana and Thomas Rice
10. The service user as manager of care: the role of direct payments and personal budgets Nick Verhaeghe
11. Choosing treatments and the role of shared decision-making France Légaré, Martin Härter, Anne M. Stiggelbout, Richard Thomson and Dawn Stacey
12. The person at the centre? The role of self-management and self-management support Ellen Nolte and Anders Anell
13. Patients' rights: from recognition to implementation Willy Palm, Herman Nys, David Townsend, David Shaw, Timo Clemens and Helmut Brand

Subject Areas: Medical administration & management [MBPM], Epidemiology & medical statistics [MBNS], Personal & public health [MBNH], Health economics [KCQ]