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Rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A viewpoint
This viewpoint paper argues for the need for more socially sustainable care systems that can better contribute to equitable utilization of health care in a post-pandemic era. Health care systems in developed nations need to rethink their role, particularly with regard to the achievement of Sustainab...
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PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33209860 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2020.1834 |
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description | This viewpoint paper argues for the need for more socially sustainable care systems that can better contribute to equitable utilization of health care in a post-pandemic era. Health care systems in developed nations need to rethink their role, particularly with regard to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) as well as becoming more sustainable societies. Socially sustainable care systems will recognize that systemic factors and processes (social, economic, environmental, cultural) need to be addressed simultaneously in order to achieve health equity. Moreover, these systems are likely to be of paramount importance for post-COVID-19, because of the potential increase in demand for health care due to forgone health care and the increased burden of chronic diseases as spillover effects related to COVID-19 mitigation interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-76496722020-11-17 Rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A viewpoint Macassa, Gloria Tomaselli, Gianpaolo J Public Health Res Perspectives and Debates This viewpoint paper argues for the need for more socially sustainable care systems that can better contribute to equitable utilization of health care in a post-pandemic era. Health care systems in developed nations need to rethink their role, particularly with regard to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) as well as becoming more sustainable societies. Socially sustainable care systems will recognize that systemic factors and processes (social, economic, environmental, cultural) need to be addressed simultaneously in order to achieve health equity. Moreover, these systems are likely to be of paramount importance for post-COVID-19, because of the potential increase in demand for health care due to forgone health care and the increased burden of chronic diseases as spillover effects related to COVID-19 mitigation interventions. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2020-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7649672/ /pubmed/33209860 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2020.1834 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Perspectives and Debates Macassa, Gloria Tomaselli, Gianpaolo Rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A viewpoint |
title | Rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A viewpoint |
title_full | Rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A viewpoint |
title_fullStr | Rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A viewpoint |
title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A viewpoint |
title_short | Rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A viewpoint |
title_sort | rethinking developed nations’ health systems through a social sustainability perspective in the light of the covid-19 pandemic. a viewpoint |
topic | Perspectives and Debates |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33209860 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2020.1834 |
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