The North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (NAO) is a collaborative partnership of interested researchers, research organizations, governments, and health organizations promoting evidence-informed health system policy decision-making. Due to the high degree of health system decentralization in the United States and Canada, the NAO is committed to focusing considerable attention to state and provincial health systems and to creating a foundation for more systematic health system and policy comparisons among substates.
Updates
COVID-19:
- North American COVID-19 Policy Response Monitor
- Health System Response Monitor (HSRM)
- Health systems resilience during COVID-19: Lessons for building back better, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Aging through the time of COVID-19: A survey of self-reported healthcare access, BMC Health Services Research
New publications:
- Typology of Indigenous health system governance in Canada, Canadian Public Administration
- Interpreting forty-three-year trends of expenditures on public health in Canada: Long-run trends, temporal periods, and data differences, Health Policy
- “It’s more than just needing money”: The value of supporting networks of care, Journal of Aging & Social Policy
- Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Three Canadian Provinces, NAO Rapid Review
- Comparison of outpatient coverage in Canada: Assistive and medical devices, Health Policy
Books:
- Canada Health System Review 2020 (available in English and French)
- Mexico Health System Review 2020
- United States Health System Review 2020
- Nova Scotia Health System Profile – [PDF] available open access
- Book co-edited by Greg Marchildon on Universality and Social Policy in Canada
News
- Professors Greg Marchildon and Sharon Straus appointed to the Order of Canada, IHPME News
- NAO Newsletter – December 2021
- Greg Marchildon speaks to media about local and international vaccine passports
- Health Reform Observer – Call for Papers: Special issue on Indigenous self-determination in health system reforms (Revised Submission Deadline)
Events
Visit our NAO Lecture Series & Events page for lecture recordings.
Opportunities
