Health Policy and Planning - OUP Academic



Health Policy and Planning Subject Sections(Ctrl + click below to skip to section) REF _Ref505242631 \h \* MERGEFORMAT Health Economics REF _Ref505242664 \h \* MERGEFORMAT Health Policy Processes REF _Ref505242672 \h \* MERGEFORMAT Health Systems Research REF _Ref505242689 \h \* MERGEFORMAT Implementation Research and EvaluationHealth EconomicsSection summary:The health economics section invites submissions of manuscripts that investigate health system phenomena with a strong health economics and/or financing component and those that apply economics techniques. More generally, we encourage submissions that:frame the methodological approach in the field of health economics, explain how they applied it and discuss limitations, challenges and lessons learnedpresent comparative analyses (i.e. between sites, programmes or countries)Types of papers we are interested in:Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses that focus on health system interventionsHealth financing studies, in particular those investigating novel finance and insurance reforms to support progress towards Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development GoalsEvaluations of financial risk protection Discrete choice experimentsModelling studies Types of papers we are not interested in:Conventional costing studies that do not apply novel methods or incorporate an evaluation of the health benefits relative to the costs for the interventionSingle site studies that do not focus on the broader implications of the results beyond the study siteEconomic evaluations of pharmaceutical products Health Policy ProcessesSection summary: Papers submitted to this section will analyse health policy processes at local, national, regional or global levels, or across these levels. Papers may consider specific actor and process issues in or across ANY of the classical stages of the policy cycle: agenda-setting, policy formulation, policy implementation or policy evaluation. However, papers need not use the classical stages model, and those grounded in alternative understandings of the policy process are welcome. For example, we welcome papers that draw on political economy as well as interpretive and discursive approaches. See Gilson and Raphaely (2008) and Erasmus et al (2012) for reviews of past papers of relevance.All empirical papers for this section must appropriately draw on policy analysis or relevant social science theory, and should demonstrate authorial reflexivity. Types of papers we are interested in:How individuals, organizations, governments, international institutions and other actors exert power, and the consequences for policy changeHow these actors make decisions, and the factors influencing their decision-making – whether, for example, in prioritizing problems or solutions for policy action or in leveraging inter-sectoral action for healthExperiences of policy implementation that are nested in understanding how actors make decision and what policy and organisational factors influence their decision-making Detailed examination of particular mechanisms or processes of policy development or implementation - such as formal government committees, advocacy campaigns or networks Processes and political dynamics surrounding the governance of global health, national and sub-national health systems, programmes and facilitiesThe influence of contextual factors over understanding and experience of policy change, including ideological positionsKnowledge generation and use in policy changeThese papers could: report on any area or topic of health policy compare policies, countries or other units of analysisTypes of papers we are not interested in:Those that focus primarily on health policy content: i.e. technical analyses that seek to draw conclusions about the design and effects of a particular policyThose that simply offer broad descriptions of experienceHealth Systems ResearchSection summary:The Health Systems research section aims at publishing papers that present research on, or from within health systems that includes a perspective of health systems as complex systems. We are particularly interested in papers that present innovative methodological approaches and multidisciplinary studies.Types of papers we are interested in:Submissions may cover topics like health workforce behaviour and management, the governance and management of health systems, community health systems and community participation, health information systems, medicines and commodities, organization of health services, the public-private mix in health care, the organization and reform of whole health systems and the effects of globalization on health systems.We encourage authors to: position their methodological approach in the field of Health Policy and Systems Research, explain how and why they applied it and discuss methodological limitations, challenges and lessons learnedframe the analysis of results in a way that reflects on the complex nature of health systemspresent comparative analyses (i.e. between sites, programmes or countries) and explicitly discuss the transferability of the results to other settingsprovide recommendations and reflect on implications in terms of consequences for policy and system design, implementation and management Types of papers we are not interested in:Those that focus narrowly on technical aspects of a part of the health system without considering implications for the broader health systemThose that focus exclusively on policy analysis or policy evaluation (see Section on Policy Analysis)Those that have a specific focus on health care delivery or implementation issues (see Section Implementation Research and Evaluation)Implementation Research and Evaluation?Section summary:The implementation research and evaluation section invites manuscripts that relate to the evaluation, using rigorous methods, of the implementation of health interventions, policies and programmes in real-life settings of low and middle income countries. We encourage submission of formative research and of both outcome and process evaluations as long as these deploy strong methodological approaches; we also encourage systematic reviews in this area. ?More generally, we encourage submissions that make appropriate and rigorous use of qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods, as long as studies provide understanding of what, why and how interventions work in real-world settings. We encourage studies on a wide range of outcomes, including health impacts as well as those relating to acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility, fidelity, coverage, or sustainability. ??Types of papers we are interested in:Studies that develop and test health-systems solutions for sustained use on a large scaleRandomised or non-randomised outcome or impact evaluations of interventions, programmes and policies implemented in real-life settings in low- or middle-income countries, including studies testing sustainable approaches to improve implementation at scaleProcess evaluations, especially those conducted alongside outcome evaluations, of interventions, programmes and policies implemented at scale in real-life settings in low- or middle-income countriesFormative research relating to the development of implementation and delivery strategies for large-scale and sustainable interventions, programmes and policies in low- or middle-income countries?Types of papers we are not interested in:Studies that do not use rigorous methodsSmall-scale studies Studies without a clear link to policy and practiceEfficacy studies? ................
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