Editing Health system (section)

==Definitions==
Often health system has been defined with a reductionist perspective. Some authors<ref name="Frenk Global Health">{{cite journal | pmc = 2797599 | pmid=20069038 | doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000089 | volume=7 | issue=1 | title=The global health system: strengthening national health systems as the next step for global progress | year=2010 | journal=PLOS Med. | pages=e1000089 | author = Frenk J | doi-access=free }}</ref> have developed arguments to expand the concept of health systems, indicating additional dimensions that should be considered:
* Health systems should not be expressed in terms of their components only, but also of their interrelationships;
* Health systems should include not only the institutional or supply side of the health system but also the population;
* Health systems must be seen in terms of their goals, which include not only health improvement, but also [[Health equity|equity]], responsiveness to legitimate expectations, respect of dignity, and fair financing, among others;
* Health systems must also be defined in terms of their functions, including the direct provision of services, whether they are medical or public health services, but also "other enabling functions, such as stewardship, financing, and resource generation, including what is probably the most complex of all challenges, the health workforce."<ref name="Frenk Global Health"/>

===World Health Organization ===
The World Health Organization defines health systems as follows:
{{blockquote|A health system consists of all organizations, people and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore or maintain health. This includes efforts to influence determinants of health as well as more direct health-improving activities. A health system is, therefore, more than the pyramid of publicly owned facilities that deliver personal health services. It includes, for example, a mother caring for a sick child at home; private providers; behaviour change programmes; vector-control campaigns; health insurance organizations; occupational health and safety legislation. It includes inter-sectoral action by health staff, for example, encouraging the ministry of education to promote female education, a well-known determinant of better health.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=WHO|year=2007|title=Everybody's business. Strengthening health systems to improve health outcomes : WHO's framework for action|url=https://www.who.int/healthsystems/strategy/everybodys_business.pdf|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228143304/https://www.who.int/healthsystems/strategy/everybodys_business.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}}