Global public attitudes about health systems on display in new interactive dashboard

Between people and the healthcare they need sit health systems — the institutions, organizations, structures, and resources that determine how healthcare is delivered in each country. Poor health system performance has been linked to millions of preventable deaths and disabilities worldwide every year. 

The Quality Evidence for Health System Transformation (QuEST) Network — led by Margaret Kruk, MD, MPH, the Distinguished Professor of Health Systems and Medicine at WashU Bursky School of Public Health — aims to optimize healthcare worldwide through evidence-based improvements to the quality of healthcare systems. To that end, the network has launched the People’s Voice Survey Dashboard, an interactive resource that tracks public attitudes about health systems across 23 countries. The People’s Voice Survey is a nationally representative survey designed to promote health system accountability to the public. Using data collected as part of the survey between 2022 and 2025, the dashboard is a window into people’s needs, expectations, experiences and confidence in health systems as they navigate their country’s healthcare infrastructure. The dashboard lets users explore these perspectives, track the effects of policy reform, compare how health systems perform over time and across distance, and assess care performance in key domains such as care utilization, prevention and quality of primary care services. Todd Lewis, MS, PhD, a research assistant professor at Bursky Public Health, leads the People’s Voice Survey and created the dashboard in collaboration with WashU’s Digital Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator.

Explore the People’s Voice Survey Dashboard here.

Eric DelGizzo is a communication specialist in the Bursky School Office of Communications. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Connecticut College. He joined WashU in January 2025.