There are a wealth of places where to look for information on how to build evidence based systems. We shall review four today that you my find useful as a first stop.
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews offers very high standards of quality. It includes a specific chapter on Effective Practice/Health Systems with a total of 112 items as at the time of writing this note, including 11 broad overviews.
Health Systems Evidence is a repository of evidence syntheses for the organization and delivery of health services. Registration is free and the information Although the interface is not as user friendly as promised in the website (most one pagers simply do not include a summary with the interpretation of the results), it works well as a repository of evidence.
The Health Evidence Network offers an online repository of evidence based information on Health Policy and Health Technology Assessment. It is a joint collaboration with the European Observatory of Health Systems and Policies.
Finally, International Health Care Comparisons is funded by the Department of Health and focuses on comparative analysis. It contains little information at present, but it makes the content quite easy to screen.
Building an efficient and responsive health system may be art. But there is also a lot of science to it, and these are a few places providing the building blocks.
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