Accountability and responsibility in health care : issues in addressing an emerging global challenge / edited by Bruce Rosen, Avi Israeli, Stephen Shortell.

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Serious scholarly analyses of the types and roles of accountability in health care first appeared in the late 1980s. That issue, along with the related issue of responsibility in health care, has continued to interest policymakers, analysts and scholars ever since. Indeed, there has been a renewed surge of interest in recent years, with growing attention to the notion of accountable care organizations in the US, clinical audits in the UK, and governance as stewardship in many other countries. Accountability and responsibility in health care was also the theme of a major international conference organized by the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research, which was held in Jerusalem in 2009.This book is a collection of scholarly articles on the themes of accountability and responsibility in health care and seeks to be the premier book in that field. It includes selected papers from the 2009 Jerusalem Conference, analytic essays on how accountability and responsibility are playing out in eight different countries, and reprints of some of the classic articles in the field.The book will interest policymakers, managers, researchers and students, and many of the ideas presented here will help shape the development of this field in the years ahead. Some of these ideas have appeared in other forums; the unique contribution of this volume is that it is the first to bring together so many different perspectives on accountability and responsibility in health care. This volume will both acquaint readers with some of the latest thinking on accountability and responsibility in health care, and will serve as a catalyst for future reflection, research and writing in this area.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I Preliminaries and Introductory Essays (p. 1)
• Preface (p. 3)
• General Introduction and an Overview of the Volume (p. 5)
• Accountability in Health Care Reconsidered (p. 7)
• Responsibility and Accountability - Talk is Cheap ... (p. 23)
• Part II From the Classics (p. 35)
• Introduction to the Classic Articles (p. 37)
• What is Accountability in Health Care? (p. 41)
• The Ethics of Accountability in Managed Care Reform (p. 67)
• Assessment and Accountability: The Third Revolution in Medical Care (p. 87)
• Agency, Contract, and Governance: Shifting Shapes of Accountability in the Health Care Arena (p. 91)
• Part III Country Essays (p. 115)
• Introduction to the Country Essays (p. 117)
• Canada (p. 121)
• Czech Republic (p. 127)
• England (p. 133)
• Hungary (p. 141)
• Israel (p. 149)
• Italy (p. 157)
• Finland (p. 165)
• Spain (p. 171)
• Part IV Selected Papers from the Jerusalem Health Policy Conference (p. 177)
• Preface (p. 179)
• Introduction to the Conference Papers (p. 181)
• Section A Public Accountability: Governance and Stewardship (p. 185)
• Introduction - Public Accountability (p. 187)
• Context, Culture, and the Practical Limits of Health Sector Accountability (p. 189)
• Difficulties in Making Accountability Practical (p. 207)
• Responsibility and Accountability in Preventive Medicine - Are We doing Too Much or Too Little? (p. 219)
• The Global Shortage of Health Workers and Pay for Performance (p. 231)
• Addressing Healthcare Inequities in Israel by Eliminating Prescription Drug Copayments (p. 243)
• Common Trends in Public Stewardship of Health Care (p. 255)
• Section B Social Support (p. 271)
• Introduction - Social Support (p. 273)
• Legends of Health Policy and Management (p. 277)
• Solidarity in a Changing World (p. 297)
• Health Inequity in Israel: Past, Present, and Future (p. 309)
• Reducing Health Inequalities in Clalit Health Services: From Vision to Reality (p. 319)
• From Measurement to Comprehensive Policy: The Action Plan of Maccabi Healthcare Services to Increase Equity (p. 325)
• Tackling the Inverse Care Law in the Uk (p. 341)
• Health Rights Information from the Perspective of Ethiopian Immigrants: Issues, Barriers, and Policy Recommendations (p. 359)
• Social Support, Health Promotion, and the Built Environment: Vignettes from the Active Living by Design Program (p. 381)
• The Role of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives in Health Policy, USA (p. 391)
• Section C Personal Responsibility (p. 419)
• Introduction - Personal Responsibility (p. 421)
• Personal Responsibility: Preliminary Remarks (p. 425)
• Personal Responsibility for Health: A Proposal for a Nuanced Approach (p. 431)
• Consumer-Driven Health Care: Conquering Health Care Cost and Quality Demons (p. 463)
• Personal Responsibility versus Responsible Options: Compliance Meets Public Health in the United States (p. 483)
• Leadership and the Road to Personal Responsibility for Health Behavior - Between Autonomy and Paternalistic Interventions (p. 499)
• Personal and State Responsibilities in Vaccination: A Two-Way Road (p. 513)
• Supporting Behavioral Change: Whose Responsibility? (p. 531)
• Patient Empowerment and the Doctor-Patient Relationship (p. 559)
• Section D Performance Management (p. 571)
• Introduction - Performance Management (p. 573)
• Aligning Incentives to Achieve the Performance One Cannot (Micro) Manage (p. 577)
• From Quality Information to Quality Improvements: An Exploratory Study of Health Plan Actions (p. 599)
• A Four-Year Project for Implementing Hospital Quality Indicators in Israel (p. 617)
• The Role of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Health Reform (p. 639)
• Pay for Performance: Proceed with Care! (p. 657)
• Conclusions and Take-Away Lessons (p. 677)
• List of Contributors (p. 679)
• Index (p. 691)