Objectives To describe background, measures and impacts of building essential healthcare system in the developed and developing countries aboard.
Methods Search words were chosen by both health policy experts and search coordinators after discussion and pilot. The resources we searched included electronic databases, websites of health institutions and governments and search engine Google. Any reports of implemented strategy to develop an essential healthcare package were included. Pre-designed data extraction form was used for collecting strategies and study method of included studies. Then the extracted information was analyzed and described.
Result 166 studies covering 72 countries were included, most of which were studies in the middle and low Countries. In terms of study objectives, many studies (160 articles) aimed to describe strategies, while few studies(6 articles) were to evaluate effectiveness of strategies. Most of studies evaluating effectiveness were cross-sectionnary data, Except one time cohort study with intervention.
Conclusions Strategies to implement essential healthcare system varies in the different country because of diversity of political, culture and economic background and different goals. The experience in transition countries gives us more high lights.
Citation： YANG Li,WANG Jin,CAO Zhihui,SUN Jia,GAO Jun,XU Wenying,WU Ming. Strategies to Develop an Essential Healthcare Package: Background, Measures and Impacts Abroad. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(3): 284-297. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100399 Copy
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