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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2024

Placing Trust at the Heart of Health Policy and Systems.

Martin McKee, May Ci van Schalkwyk, Rachel Greenley, Govin Permanand

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Martin McKeeDepartment of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0121-9683
May Ci van SchalkwykDepartment of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2210-2289
Rachel GreenleyDepartment of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Govin PermanandDivision of Country Health Policies and Systems, World Health Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5624-4421

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trusted interactions are crucial in health systems. Trust facilitates effective healthcare by encouraging patients to seek and adhere to treatment, enabling teamwork among health professionals, reducing miscommunication and medical errors, and fostering innovation and resilience. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of trust, highlighting the challenges in establishing and maintaining it, especially during crises when trust in authorities and health systems is vital for compliance and safety. However, trust is complex, varying with context and experiences, and is dynamic, easily lost but hard to regain. Despite its importance, trust is often overlooked in health policy and difficult to measure. Health systems and policy-makers must recognize the importance of trust, measure it effectively, understand how it is built or eroded, and act to maintain and restore it. This involves acknowledging the past experiences of marginalized groups, involving communities in decision-making, and ensuring transparency and integrity in health practices and policies.

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COVID-19Delivery of Health CareHealth PolicyTrustHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Health SystemsPatient-CentrednessResilienceTrust

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PMID39099501
PMCPMC11270596

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