IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/ijhplm/v40y2025i3p741-751.html

The Future Hospital in Global Health Systems: The Future Hospital Within the Healthcare System

Author

Listed:
  • N. J. Sebire
  • A. Adams
  • L. Celi
  • A. Charlesworth
  • M. Gorgens
  • M. Gorsky
  • O. Landeg
  • Y. Nagasawa
  • K. T. Nimako
  • C. Onoka
  • S. Roder‐DeWan
  • N. Watts
  • M. McKee

Abstract

Future hospitals must be able to adapt in many ways to the changing demands on their roles and functions within evolving healthcare delivery infrastructures. These include changing population structures and needs, new models of healthcare provision, technological advances, and innovations in design, all while enhancing their environmental sustainability. This article sets out the issues that those determining healthcare policy and designing future hospitals must consider if they are to become and remain fit for purpose within the wider health and social care system. It also examines the need for, and challenges to, strategic healthcare planning, creating future hospitals that are sustainable, net‐zero carbon organisations, and ensuring resilience in the face of a range of potential shocks. Future hospitals play a crucial role in healthcare worldwide, regardless of the country's income level. Hospitals cannot be viewed without broader health system changes, infrastructure, community and cultural factors, staffing and other considerations. We anticipate that future hospitals will enhance population health in all settings and support the move towards more consumer‐centric healthcare. We urge clinical and policy planners to consider the factors discussed carefully to maximise the benefits.

Suggested Citation

  • N. J. Sebire & A. Adams & L. Celi & A. Charlesworth & M. Gorgens & M. Gorsky & O. Landeg & Y. Nagasawa & K. T. Nimako & C. Onoka & S. Roder‐DeWan & N. Watts & M. McKee, 2025. "The Future Hospital in Global Health Systems: The Future Hospital Within the Healthcare System," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(3), pages 741-751, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:40:y:2025:i:3:p:741-751
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3891
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3891
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1002/hpm.3891?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Monica Giancotti & Annamaria Guglielmo & Marianna Mauro, 2017. "Efficiency and optimal size of hospitals: Results of a systematic search," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(3), pages 1-40, March.
    2. Eleanor Hutchinson & Suzanne Kiwanuka & Richard Muhindo & Christine Nimwesiga & Dina Balabanova & Martin McKee & Freddy Eric Kitutu, 2024. "The paradoxical surplus of health workers in Africa: The need for research and policy engagement," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(3), pages 956-962, May.
    3. World Health Organization & World Bank, 2023. "Tracking Universal Health Coverage," World Bank Publications - Reports 40348, The World Bank Group.
    4. N. J. Sebire & A. Adams & L. Celi & A. Charlesworth & M. Gorgens & M. Gorsky & O. Landeg & Y. Nagasawa & K. T. Nimako & C. Onoka & S. Roder‐DeWan & N. Watts & M. McKee, 2025. "The Future Hospital in Global Health Systems: The Future Hospital Within the Healthcare System," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(3), pages 741-751, May.
    5. N. J. Sebire & A. Adams & L. Arpiainen & L. Celi & A. Charlesworth & M. Gorgens & M. Gorsky & F. Magrabi & Y. Nagasawa & C. Onoka & M. McKee, 2025. "The Future Hospital in Global Health Systems: The Future Hospital as an Entity," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(3), pages 730-740, May.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. N. J. Sebire & A. Adams & L. Celi & A. Charlesworth & M. Gorgens & M. Gorsky & O. Landeg & Y. Nagasawa & K. T. Nimako & C. Onoka & S. Roder‐DeWan & N. Watts & M. McKee, 2025. "The Future Hospital in Global Health Systems: The Future Hospital Within the Healthcare System," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(3), pages 741-751, May.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Unuia, Tuaine Junior & Andrews, Antony & Kimpton, Sean, 2026. "Unmasking and rethinking hierarchical inefficiency in healthcare systems," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 388(C).
    2. Vincent,Sarah & Herrera-Almanza,Catalina & Anukriti, S & Karra,Mahesh, 2025. "Contraceptive Concordance," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11148, The World Bank.
    3. Clara Andresciani & Debora Di Gioacchino & Laura Sabani, 2024. "The political economy of the public/private mix in healthcare: assessing the decongestion effect argument," Working Papers in Public Economics 253, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome.
    4. Bruno Veneziano Cornacchioni & Flávio Santino Bizarrias & Evandro Luiz Lopes & Marcelo Luiz Dias da Silva Gabriel & Ricardo Limongi, 2026. "Blind Spots in Product Design: Utilitarian–Hedonic Choices, Psychological Processes and Retail Strategy Interplay for Visually Impaired Consumers," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(2), June.
    5. Pieternella Pieterse, 2025. "Health Workers in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Concurrent Skilled Health Worker Shortages and Under‐Employment," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(6), pages 1335-1340, November.
    6. Nils Arne Lindaas & Kjartan Sarheim Anthun & Sverre A. C. Kittelsen & Jon Magnussen, 2025. "Economies of scope in the Norwegian public hospital sector," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 26(2), pages 325-335, March.
    7. Dinesh R. Pai & Fatma Pakdil & Nasibeh Azadeh-Fard, 2024. "Applications of data envelopment analysis in acute care hospitals: a systematic literature review, 1984–2022," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 284-312, June.
    8. Kuhlmann, Ellen & Falkenbach, Michelle & Correia, Tiago & Humphries, Niamh & Hutchinson, Eleanor & Rees, Gareth H & Ungureanu, Marius-Ionut & Zapata, Tomas & Lohmann, Julia, 2025. "Global health and care worker migration requires a global response," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
    9. André Moser & Milo A. Puhan & Marcel Zwahlen, 2020. "The role of causal inference in health services research I: tasks in health services research," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 65(2), pages 227-230, March.
    10. Laurent Mériade, 2024. "How to Analyze the Practical Relevance of Costing Methods? The Example of Hospital Cost Accounting in France," Abacus, Accounting Foundation, University of Sydney, vol. 60(4), pages 816-851, December.
    11. Xinxin Chen & Jin Feng & Zhen Wang & Dandan Yu, 2026. "Insurance Coverage for Chronic Diseases and Healthcare of Low‐Income People: Evidence From Chinese Administrative Data," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(2), pages 294-311, February.
    12. Aleksandar Medarević & Dejana Vuković, 2021. "Efficiency and Productivity of Public Hospitals in Serbia Using DEA-Malmquist Model and Tobit Regression Model, 2015–2019," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-22, November.
    13. Ferreira, Diogo Cunha & Nunes, Alexandre Morais & Marques, Rui Cunha, 2018. "Doctors, nurses, and the optimal scale size in the Portuguese public hospitals," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(10), pages 1093-1100.
    14. Peter Dohmen & Martin Ineveld & Aniek Markus & Liana Hagen & Joris Klundert, 2023. "Does competition improve hospital performance: a DEA based evaluation from the Netherlands," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 24(6), pages 999-1017, August.
    15. Michael Freeman & Nicos Savva & Stefan Scholtes, 2021. "Economies of Scale and Scope in Hospitals: An Empirical Study of Volume Spillovers," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(2), pages 673-697, February.
    16. Sverre A. C. Kittelsen & Kjartan S. Anthun & Anders M. Bilet & Halvard S. Jansen & Johanna Lidman & Jon Magnussen & Erik M. Sæther, 2025. "Scale economies in somatic hospitals in Norway," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 64(3), pages 393-404, December.
    17. Ying-Wei Wang & Shu-Li Chia & Chien-Ming Chou & Michael S. Chen & Jürgen M. Pelikan & Cordia Chu & Mei-Hsiu Wang & Chiachi Bonnie Lee, 2019. "Development and Validation of a Self-Assessment Tool for an Integrative Model of Health Promotion in Hospitals: Taiwan’s Experience," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-18, June.
    18. Javier Cerezo-Espinosa de los Monteros & Antonio Castro-Torres & Juan Gómez-Salgado & Javier Fagundo-Rivera & Carlos Gómez-Salgado & Valle Coronado-Vázquez, 2021. "Administration of Strategic Agreements in Public Hospitals: Considerations to Enhance the Quality and Sustainability of Mergers and Acquisitions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-18, April.
    19. Bocong Yuan & Jiannan Li, 2019. "The Policy Effect of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the Digital Public Health Sector in the European Union: An Empirical Investigation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-15, March.
    20. Tortorella, Guilherme Luz & Fogliatto, Flávio Sanson & Espôsto, Kleber Francisco & Vergara, Alejandro Mac Cawley & Vassolo, Roberto & Mendoza, Diego Tlapa & Narayanamurthy, Gopalakrishnan, 2020. "Effects of contingencies on healthcare 4.0 technologies adoption and barriers in emerging economies," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:40:y:2025:i:3:p:741-751. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0749-6753 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.