Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Department of Economics, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Feb 6;9(2):e014041. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014041.
In this analysis, we argue against seeing health system resilience as an inherently positive concept. The rise in the popularity of health system resilience has led to its increasingly normative framing. We question this widely accepted perspective by examining the underlying assumptions associated with this normative framing of 'good' resilience. Our focus is on the risks of accepting the assumption, which can lead us to ignore the social nature of health systems and overlook the consequences of change if resilience is seen as a positive, achievable objective. Finally, we suggest that seeing resilience as a normative concept can be detrimental to health system policy and research, and encourage a critical rethinking of these assumptions so that we can maintain resilience's usefulness for health systems.
在本分析中,我们反对将卫生系统弹性视为固有积极的概念。卫生系统弹性的普及度不断提高,使其日益规范化。我们通过审视这种“良好”弹性规范化框架所隐含的假设,对这一广泛接受的观点提出质疑。我们关注的是接受这一假设所带来的风险,这可能导致我们忽视卫生系统的社会性质,并忽略如果将弹性视为积极且可实现的目标时所带来的变化的后果。最后,我们认为将弹性视为规范性概念可能对卫生系统政策和研究有害,并鼓励对这些假设进行批判性反思,以便我们能够保持弹性对卫生系统的有用性。