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Accidental logics : the dynamics of change in the health care arena in the United States, Britain, and Canada
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- Summary
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Looks at the USA, Britain and Canada to offer an international comparative study of public policy systems, as well as a recent history of the evolution of each national health care system. The book...
Looks at the USA, Britain and Canada to offer an international comparative study of public policy systems, as well as a recent history of the evolution of each national health care system. The book explores what drives change and why certain changes occur in some nations and not in others.
Details
- Creator
- Carolyn Hughes Tuohy
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (327 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0197732739, 1280530421, 9786610530427, 0195351878, 1429401346, 0195128214
- OCLC
- ocn191924460, ocn819511786, on1406787440
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-304) and index.
- English
- Contents; 1. Understanding the Dynamics of Change in the Health Care Arena; The Conceptual Framework: The Accidental Logics of Change in Policy Arenas; Dimensions of Decision-Making Systems: Institutional Mix and Structural Balance; Policy Episodes and System Logics; The Economics of Health Care Delivery: Agency, Risk, and Localism; The Health Policy Agenda of the 1990's; Britain, the United States, and Canada; 2. The Establishment of the Welfare State in the Health Care Arena; 3. The Reforms of the 1990's; 4. Institutions, Ideas, Interests, Actors, and the Accidents of Policy Episodes
- 5. The United States: The Logic of the Mixed Market6. Britain: The Logic of Corporatism Meets the Internal Market; 7. Canada: The Logic of the Single-Payer System; 8. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Subjects
- Medical policy -- United States -- Decision making.
- Medical policy -- Great Britain -- Decision making.
- Medical policy -- Canada -- Decision making.
- Medical care -- United States -- Finance -- Decision making.
- Medical care -- Great Britain -- Finance -- Decision making.
- Medical care -- Canada -- Finance -- Decision making.