Health policymaking in the United States
By: Beaufort B. Longest, Jr
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: AUPHA/HAP
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780585426365
Subjects: Medical policy; Decision making; Health planning; Medical laws and legislation; Policy sciences; Methodology; Health Policy; Health Planning; Legislation & jurisprudence; Policy Making; Politique sanitaire; Prise de décision; Santé publique; Planification; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Social Security; Social Services & Welfare
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Health and Health Policy --; title: Health Defined --; title: Health Policy Defined --; title: The Connection Between Health Policies and Health --; title: The Objectives of Health Policy --; title: The Role and Importance of Political Competence in the Pursuit of Health --; title: Impact of Health Policy --; title: Health Policy and Health Determinants --; title: Health Policy and Individuals, Organizations and Systems, and Interest Groups --; title: The Context and Process of Health Policymaking --; title: The Context of Health Policymaking: The Political Marketplace --; title: Demanders and Suppliers of Health Policies --; title: Interplay Among Demanders and Suppliers in the Political Marketplace --; title: A Conceptual Model of the Public Policymaking Process --; title: Policy Formulation: Agenda Setting --; title: Overview of the Policy Formulation Phase --; title: Agenda Setting --; title: The Influential Role of Chief Executives in Agenda Setting --; title: The Nature of the Health Policy Agenda --; title: Policy Formulation: Development of Legislation --; title: The Choreography of Legislation Development --; title: From Formulation to Implementation --; title: Policy Implementation --; title: The Cyclical Relationship Between Rulemaking and Operation --; title: Responsibility for Policy Implementation --; title: The Beginning of Implementation: Rulemaking --; title: Operation --; title: The Managerial Challenges of Policy Implementation --; title: Policy Modification --; title: Distinguishing Policy Modification from Policy Initiation --; title: Policymaking Is a Cyclical Process --; title: Incrementalism in Policymaking --; title: The Mechanics of the Modification Phase --; title: Policy Modification in Practice --; title: Key Structural Features of Policy Modification.