Abstract
An accurate assessment of the effectiveness of a health system requires integrative initiatives through its components to establish a system's response to different shocks, including health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus of this study was to develop a framework for the analysis of the health system readiness and response capacity during a pandemic outbreak.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a new dimension of global concern about the effectiveness of health systems in addressing health crisis and disease outbreaks
The surge of COVID-19 further exposed the structural shortfalls in these systems and the journey the governments involved should be willing to take to meet the demands of major outbreaks [5,6]
The lack of outbreak planning and preparedness, inadequate public health measures and poor health service interventions were seen as major components of system failure in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a new dimension of global concern about the effectiveness of health systems in addressing health crisis and disease outbreaks. The aim of this study is to review methodological and conceptual issues in preparedness, public health and health services research and generate an integrative framework for research pertaining to the assessment of system capability in the response and management of pandemic outbreaks [11].
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