Open AccessWhen Small Changes Add Up to System Transformation
Author(s) -
Jennifer Zelmer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1715-6580
pISSN - 1715-6572
DOI - 10.12927/hcpol.2019.25943
Subject(s) - transformation (genetics) , health care , business , economics , economic growth , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Just as sandy beaches are the result of uncountable individual waves crashing on a shore, fundamental shifts in the health sector often reflect the cumulative result of hundreds - perhaps thousands - of individual decisions. Each, on its own, may seem to have only local effect. But together, they represent a transformation in how care is delivered.