The Mediating Effects of Public Opinion on Public Policy
Subtitle: Exploring the Realm of Health Care (Public Policy)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: July 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780791460535
Subjects: Health systems & services; Public opinion & polls; Public opinion; Medical care; Health Policy; Public Policy - General; Health & Fitness; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - Social Policy; Health/Fitness; USA; Medical policy; Health Care Delivery; Health Care Issues; Health planning
Description: "Using health care policy to develop a theory of how public opinion influences public policy outcomes, Richard E. Chard draws on data ranging from presidential approval ratings to polls conducted during the debate over the Health Security Act. Over the last five decades the relationship has been a complex one, yet there are clear indications that health care policy development has been controlled to a great extent by public opinion. Chard argues that policy change is either static or dynamic because public opinion, the underlying force, is itself dynamic at times and static at others, and concludes that this model of change is applicable to all policy areas, not just health care."--BOOK JACKET.