Table 8 Empirical evidence gaps
From: Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature
- Development of more complex indicators, theoretical models and measurement tool | |
- Empirically test existing frameworks to suit specific health system priorities | |
- More context-specific work on systems responsiveness, in particular geographic gaps such as fragile and conflict affected states | |
- More mining of existing clusters for useful evidence that can be theoretically generalised to relatable contexts (e.g. between LMIC and HIC contexts) | |
- More work on health system responsiveness in fragile and conflict affected states (all aspects) | |
- More work on health system responsiveness relating to minorities and vulnerable groups, equity | |
- Empirical work on how responsiveness relates to health system strengthening (sustainable change over time) | |
- Empirical work tracking ‘systems receptivity’ and ‘systems reactions’ to feedback | |
- Empirical work on multiple forms and flows of feedback within a particular systems context | |
- More empirical work on the longer-term systems response (not just on shorter-term reaction, or stopping at point of gathering feedback) | |
- More outcomes evaluation of effectiveness of mechanisms | |
- More cross-sectional work considering responsiveness over time | |
- More consideration of informal feedback, and interaction of informal feedback and feedback gathered via formal mechanisms | |
- More consideration of wider range of actors in responsiveness – including civil society | |
- More empirical research showing application of a ‘systems’ lens |