ReviewHealth policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2022
Strategic purchasing and health systems resilience: Lessons from COVID-19 in selected European countries.
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- Healthcare Sector Dynamics in Turkey (2002-2022): Trends, Breakpoints, and Policy Implications (Privatization in the Hospital Sector).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Why Must We Keep Discussing Strategic Purchasing and Managed Competition? Comment on "Measuring Active Purchasing in Healthcare: Analysing Reallocations of Funds Between Providers to Evaluate Purchasing Systems Performance in the Netherlands".International journal of health policy and management · 2025Article
- What makes health systems resilient? An analytical framework drawing on European learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic based on a multitiered approach.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Adjustments in purchasing arrangements to support the COVID-19 health sector response: evidence from eight middle-income countries.Health policy and planning · 2024Article
- Factors Required to Develop Strategic Purchasing for Diagnostic Imaging Services: An Expert Opinion.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024Article
- The rise of resilient healthcare research during COVID-19: scoping review of empirical research.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Organizational Resilience in Healthcare: A Scoping Review.Journal of healthcare management / American College of Healthcare ExecutivesArticle
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Abstract
Strategic purchasing is a popular and frequently proposed policy for improving the efficiency and adaptiveness of health systems. The COVID-19 pandemic shocked health systems, creating a test of the adaptability and resiliency of their key features. This research study explores (i) what role purchasing systems and agents played in the COVID-19 pandemic, (ii) if it was strategic, and (iii) how it has contributed to a resilient health system. We conducted a qualitative, comparative study of six countries in the European Union-focusing on three as in-depth case studies-to understand how and when strategic purchasers responded to seven clearly defined health system "shocks" that they all experienced during the pandemic. We found that every case country relied on the federal government to fund and respond to the pandemic. Purchasers often had very limited, and if any then only passive, roles.
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