Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organisation framed responsiveness, fair financing and equity as intrinsic goals of health systems. However, of the three, responsiveness received significantly less attention. Responsiveness is essential to strengthen systems' functioning; provide equitable and accountable services; and to protect the rights of citizens. There is an urgency to make systems more responsive, but our understanding of responsiveness is limited. We therefore sought to map existing evidence on health system responsiveness.

Methods

A mixed method systemized evidence mapping review was conducted. We searched PubMed, EbscoHost, and Google Scholar. Published and grey literature; conceptual and empirical publications; published between 2000 and 2020 and English language tex

SUBMITTER: Khan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8088654 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature