The Health Care Policy Process - Softcover

Barker, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803976283 ISBN 13: 9780803976283

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

The Health Care Policy Process enables the reader to develop a clear understanding of the scope and objectives of health policy studies, to analyze the extent to which policies can be changed or influenced by those involved at the different stages of the policy process, and to assess both the need and the scope for change. The author considers the relationship between planning and policy, looks at key concepts in analyzing health care issues, and examines some of the debates overshadowing today's health policy agenda.

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The key to improving health services in many countries today is the capacity to develop strategy and think actively about policy. The Health Care Policy Process considers the relationship between planning and policy, taking as its starting point an analysis of health care and the dynamics of the policy process. The author provides a working knowledge of the different ways policy issues can be analysed and sets out the problems involved in assessing the views of different interest groups. She stresses the importance of supporting an active process of policy development. Carol Barker goes on to look at key concepts in analysing health care issues and examines some of the debates over-shadowing today's health policy agenda, as set by international agencies and by developing nations. She emphasises the importance of understanding these issues as an aid to strategic thinking on policy implications in health care. An important focus of the book is an analysis of the extent to which policies can be changed or influenced by those involved in the process.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0803976283
• ISBN 13: 9780803976283
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204