SynthesisThe International journal of health planning and management2022
The impact of strike action on patient morbidity: A systematic literature review.
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- Impacts of industrial actions, protests, strikes and lockouts by health and care workers during COVID-19 and other pandemic contexts: a systematic review.Human resources for health · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of health care strikes on patient mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Health services research · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of strike action on patient morbidity: A systematic literature review.The International journal of health planning and management · 2022Pooled it
- Mortality, Health Care Use, and Spending Patterns During South Korea's Trainee Physicians' Walkout.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Collective voices, healthier outcomes: the union effect in American Healthcare.npj health systems · 2026Review
- An Ethical Justification of Health Workers' Strikes in Zimbabwe during COVID-19 : A Perspective Based on African Partiality and Ubuntu.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2026Article
- UK Health Workers' Experiences of Striking and Not Striking in the 2022-2024 Industrial Disputes.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
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Abstract
Strike action in healthcare has been common over the last several decades. The overarching aim of this systematic review was to synthesise and analyse the empirical literature that examines the impact of strike action on patient morbidity, that is, all patient outcomes except mortality. After conducting a search and apply eligibility criteria, 15 studies were included in this review. These articles included a variety of outcomes from hypertension control to rates of chlamydia. Strikes ranged from 13 to 118 days, with a mean strike length of 56 days. A textual narrative synthesis was employed to arrange studies by whether they had a positive, mixed or neutral or negative impact on patient morbidity. Results suggest that strike action has little impact on patient morbidity. The majority of studies reported that strike action had a neutral or mixed impact of strike action on patient morbidity. One study reported positive outcomes and three studies reported negative outcomes, however in both cases, the impact that the strike had was marginal.
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