Are high-performing health systems resilient against the COVID-19 epidemic?

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10227, 2020, Pages 848-850

  Legido Quigley, Helena ^a   Asgari, Nima ^b   Teo, Yik Ying ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^c   Oshitani, Hitoshi ^d   Fukuda, Keiji ^e   Cook, Alex R ^a   Hsu, Li Yang ^a   Shibuya, Kenji ^f   Heymann, David ^g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISINFORMATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOTE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CIVIL DEFENSE; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMMUNICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCIES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLITICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; TRAVEL;

EID: 85081209668     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30551-1     Document Type: Note

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