Accidental logics
Subtitle: the dynamics of change in the health care arena in the United States, Britain, and Canada
By: Carolyn Hughes Tuohy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
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
Description: Health care reform has become one of the most prevalent topics in recent policy discourse within and across nations. In the 1990s, common features of the health care arena elevated the importance of bargaining relationships among large, sophisticated entities as the dominant mode of decision-making, fundamentally challenging the traditional dominance of the medical profession, which had been grounded in individualized "agency" relationships between providers and patients.

These developments have played out in varying ways around the globe. Carolyn Hughes Tuohy looks at the experiences of the United States, Britain, and Canada, offering an international comparative study of public policy systems, as well as a recent history of the evolution of each national health care system.

Accidental Logics is essential up-to-date reading for political scientists working in comparative politics and public policy, health policy analysts, government agency officials, and students in political science, health policy, and administration programs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-304) and index.