Whatever it takes? A comparison of health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the complexity and interrelatedness of global and national health systems. It evidences the importance of active, deliberate, ongoing sharing of knowledge and learning on health policy and practice between countries.

Whatever it takes? A comparison of health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, was produced by Value in Health to examine how health systems across the globe were responding to the pandemic. It notes how the approach of ‘doing whatever it takes’, a necessary requirement to fight COVID-19 during the crisis phase, will need to evolve over time to the delivery of long-term value to ensure the sustainability of health systems and to bring about the shared goal of universal healthcare.