The National Health Services (NHS) constitute a crucial foundation within all countries to improve the health of their citizens by strengthening their life conditions. NHS contribute to increasing population's life expectancy, improving citizen's quality of life, and controlling mortality rates resulting from various diseases. In addition, NHS are key elements in promoting social equity and improving the efficiency of countries' economies. Health managers face significant challenges as there is a growing demand for higher quality services, increasing life expectancy which leads to population ageing, rising costs due to advancing medical technology, and limited and scarce resources, especially as a result of the economic crisis. Today, it is also necessary to consider the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which further complicates the context.
The quality of NHS is different according to different countries. It is essential to display the NHS strengths, identify its weaknesses, and provide useful information for practitioners, administrators, politicians, and citizens that can lead to universal health improvements. The control of medical procedures, action protocols, cost management and resource allocation must be analyzed from a purely medical and a managerial perspective. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how differences in management can lead to very different health outcomes. Whilst some health systems have been able to get the situation under control, others have experienced major breakdowns at the most difficult times, resulting in higher mortality, greater sequelae for survivors and a deepening economic crisis. The well-being and health of the population should be the main objective of a country. Moreover, health resources management is essential for reducing inequalities in the population's health status and providing a stable and robust economy.
This Research Topic welcomes papers presenting the most recent developments in health policies, empirical research and theoretical approach, reviews and cases of study. Authors can address this Topic through the following themes:
-Health management, cost analysis and resource allocation;
-Influence of health management on life expectancy and mortality;
-Health management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;
-Healthcare and economy;
-Quality of national health systems;
-Health management, quality and patient satisfaction;
-Expenditures and efficiency of health procedures;
-Efficient health policies;
-Health management and welfare;
-Healthcare from a gender perspective;
-Territorial disparities based on health management systems;
-Private and public health management;
-Urban and rural health management;
-Online healthcare management;
-Health policies for older people and children.
The National Health Services (NHS) constitute a crucial foundation within all countries to improve the health of their citizens by strengthening their life conditions. NHS contribute to increasing population's life expectancy, improving citizen's quality of life, and controlling mortality rates resulting from various diseases. In addition, NHS are key elements in promoting social equity and improving the efficiency of countries' economies. Health managers face significant challenges as there is a growing demand for higher quality services, increasing life expectancy which leads to population ageing, rising costs due to advancing medical technology, and limited and scarce resources, especially as a result of the economic crisis. Today, it is also necessary to consider the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which further complicates the context.
The quality of NHS is different according to different countries. It is essential to display the NHS strengths, identify its weaknesses, and provide useful information for practitioners, administrators, politicians, and citizens that can lead to universal health improvements. The control of medical procedures, action protocols, cost management and resource allocation must be analyzed from a purely medical and a managerial perspective. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how differences in management can lead to very different health outcomes. Whilst some health systems have been able to get the situation under control, others have experienced major breakdowns at the most difficult times, resulting in higher mortality, greater sequelae for survivors and a deepening economic crisis. The well-being and health of the population should be the main objective of a country. Moreover, health resources management is essential for reducing inequalities in the population's health status and providing a stable and robust economy.
This Research Topic welcomes papers presenting the most recent developments in health policies, empirical research and theoretical approach, reviews and cases of study. Authors can address this Topic through the following themes:
-Health management, cost analysis and resource allocation;
-Influence of health management on life expectancy and mortality;
-Health management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;
-Healthcare and economy;
-Quality of national health systems;
-Health management, quality and patient satisfaction;
-Expenditures and efficiency of health procedures;
-Efficient health policies;
-Health management and welfare;
-Healthcare from a gender perspective;
-Territorial disparities based on health management systems;
-Private and public health management;
-Urban and rural health management;
-Online healthcare management;
-Health policies for older people and children.