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COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM)

The COVID-19 Health Systems Response Monitor (HSRM) contains information on how countries’ health systems responded to the pandemic between 2020 and early 2022. The Archive of individual country evidence is complemented by cross-country comparative Analyses which synthesise policy responses to key challenges presented by the crisis and point the way to building better-prepared and more resilient health systems.

 

Belgium

Policy Responses

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  1. Country Overview

  2. Policy Responses

    1. Preventing transmission

      Updated: 16 May 2022
      1. Introduction
      2. Health communication

        Updated: 23 March 2021
      3. Physical distancing

        Updated: 16 May 2022
      4. Isolation and quarantine

        Updated: 03 January 2021
      5. Monitoring and surveillance

        Updated: 16 May 2022
      6. Testing

        Updated: 16 May 2022
    2. Ensuring sufficient physical infrastructure and workforce capacity

      Updated: 03 January 2021
      1. Introduction
      2. Physical infrastructure

        Updated: 03 January 2021
      3. Workforce

        Updated: 03 January 2021
    3. Providing health services effectively

      Updated: 16 May 2022
      1. Introduction
      2. Planning services

        Updated: 16 May 2022
      3. Managing cases

        Updated: 23 March 2021
      4. Maintaining essential services

        Updated: 23 March 2021
    4. Paying for services

      Updated: 24 March 2021
      1. Introduction
      2. Health financing

        Updated: 24 March 2021
      3. Entitlement and coverage

        Updated: 24 March 2021
    5. Governance

      Updated: 03 January 2021
      1. Introduction
      2. Governance

        Updated: 03 January 2021
    6. Measures in other sectors

      Updated: 24 March 2021
      1. Introduction
      2. Measures in other sectors

        Updated: 24 March 2021
Sherry Merkur

Latest cross-country analysis

Cross-country analysis of health system responses and key policy lessons, including:

  • How do the COVID-19 testing criteria differ across countries?
  • How are countries creating extra bed and ICU capacity?
  • How are countries keeping the rest of the health system operating?

 

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Authors

  • Karin Rondia
  • Elena Costa
  • Sophie Gerkens

Editors

Sherry Merkur

Research Fellow

Biography

Sherry Merkur is a Research Fellow at the Observatory’s London hub and is based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Sherry's research focuses on comparative health systems and policies. She has experience (and related publications) on the changing role of hospitals, person-centred care, the economics of health promotion and disease prevention, and pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement.  
 
Sherry contributes to the Observatory’s knowledge brokering programme as Editor-in-Chief of Eurohealth, the Observatory’s quarterly journal on health policy in Europe. She serves as study manager for analytical work resulting in Observatory books as well as project manager for externally funded projects.   

She also edits Health System Reviews (HiTs), Country Health Profiles within the State of Health in the EU programme as well as covers health system and policy developments in selected European countries. Recent country work has covered Belgium, Canada, Israel, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom. 
 
Sherry holds an MSc (with distinction) in Health, Population and Society from the LSE and a BSc in Physiology and Management from McGill University (Canada). 

Recent publications

1. Merkur S, Cylus J, van Ginneken E, Maresso A, Lessof S. Lessons from the first wave: the COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) An evidence resource and a source of analysis. Eurohealth 2020;26(2):5-9.

2. McKee M, Merkur S, Edwards N, Nolte E.  The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems. Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN 9781108790055  

3. Nolte E, Merkur S, Anell A.  Achieving Person-Centred Health Systems: Evidence, Strategies and Challenges. Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN 9781108790062. 


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