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Table 5 Governance policies to counteract the economic crisis and their relationship to health system resilience components

From: Analysis for health system resilience against the economic crisis: a best-fit framework synthesis

Theme

Policies

Country

Resilience phases

Resilience attributes

Anticipation

Preparation

Response

Recovery

Growth

Awareness

Surge capacity

Flexibility

Resistance

Access to resources

Collaboration and coordination

Decision regarding centralization or decentralization

Recentralization of governance

Brazil [95]

 

*

  

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

Centralization of control and management and removal of redundant structures

Argentina [39], Spain [58] and England [53]

 

*

  

*

   

*

 

*

Restructuring ministries or other government institutions to reduce overhead and executive costs

England [77]

 

*

  

*

   

*

*

 

Decentralization of managerial responsibilities

England [53]

 

*

  

*

      

Integration of purchaser and provider

England [53]

 

*

  

*

   

*

 

*

Decision regarding PPP or privatization

Promoting privatization

Brazil [93] and

Spain [24]

 

*

  

*

 

*

*

*

*

 

Stopping the use of market mechanisms and neoliberal policies

England [50] and

Argentina [39]

 

*

  

*

   

*

  

Allowing foreign institutions to enter into joint ventures with Cuban government entities

Cuba [89]

 

*

  

*

 

*

*

 

*

*

Promotion of private service utilization by the population through subsidization

Brazil [93]

 

*

  

*

 

*

*

 

*

 

Theme

Policies

Country

Resilience tools

Resilience strategies

Risk analysis

Change in input/output level

Change in quality level

Legislation

Change in behaviour

Planning

Monitoring

Institutionalization

Learning

Information and communication systems

Absorptive

Adaptive

Transformative

Decision regarding centralization or decentralization

Recentralization of governance

Brazil [95]

       

*

*

   

*

Centralization of control and management and removal of redundant structure

Argentina [39], Spain [58] and England [53]

 

*

     

*

   

*

 

Restructuring ministries or other government institutions to reduce overhead and executive costs

England [77]

 

*

         

*

 

Decentralization of managerial responsibilities

England [53]

           

*

 

Integration of purchaser and provider

England [53]

   

*

  

*

   

*

  

Decision regarding PPP or privatization

Promoting privatization

Brazil [93] and

Spain [24]

 

*

     

*

  

*

  

Stopping the use of market mechanisms and neoliberal policies

England [50] and

Argentina [39]

    

*

  

*

   

*

 

Allowing foreign institutions to enter into joint ventures with Cuban government entities

Cuba [89]

   

*

       

*

 

Promotion of private service utilization by the population through subsidization

Brazil [93]

    

*

     

*

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