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)
- Cambridge Core HEPL blog series: Country Responses to the Covid19 Pandemic
- The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination: what can Canada learn from Israel? Israel Journal of Health Policy
- Features Constituting Actionable COVID-19 Dashboards: Descriptive Assessment and Expert Appraisal of 158 Public Web-Based COVID-19 Dashboards, Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Canada needs a university-based, domestic vaccine-making capability
- Why we do not have a COVID-19 vaccine production in Canada and what we can do about it
New publications:
- NAO Newsletter – March 2021
- Never Events in Acute Care: Policy Lessons from International Comparisons, NAO Rapid Review
- Peer Supports for Caregivers in Canada, NAO Rapid Review
- Patients’ Views of the Canadian Health-Care System, NAO Study prepared for the Ontario Medical Association
- Virtual Primary Care in Northern, Rural and Remote Canada, NAO Rapid Review
- Do health systems cover the mouth? Comparing dental care coverage for older adults in eight jurisdictions, Health Policy
Books:
- Canada Health System Review 2020
- 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
- Health Systems in Transition (HiT) Series: Canada, United States, and Mexico books published
- Accelerating mutual learning through the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Healthy Cities in the SDG Era
- NAO partners with World Bank on review of COVID-19 responses in Latin American and Caribbean countries
- NAO study explores COVID-19 case and contact management strategies in Canadian provinces
- Joint study by NAO and OMA uncovers how Canadians perceive their health care system
Events
Upcoming:
- CAN Colloquium: The Canadian Healthcare System: A Model for the US? (April 6) – hosted by the University of California Berkeley in conjunction with McGill University
Recent:
- NAO Lecture Series: Ruth Waitzberg – Israel’s vaccination rollout: short term success, but questions for the long run
Visit our NAO Lecture Series & Events page for lecture recordings.
