Accidental logics: the dynamics of change in the health care arena in the United States, Britain, and Canada
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Main Author: Tuohy, Carolyn J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1999
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-304) and index
Ch. 1. Understanding the dynamics of change in the health care arena -- pt. I. Episodes of policy change -- Ch. 2. The establishment of the welfare state in the health care arena -- Ch. 3. The reforms of the 1990s -- Ch. 4. Institutions, ideas, interests, actors, and the accidents of policy episodes -- pt. II. The distinctive logics of national systems -- Ch. 5. The United States: the logic of the mixed market -- Ch. 6. Britain: the logic of corporatism meets the internal market -- Ch. 7. Canada: the logic of the single-payer system -- Ch. 8. Conclusion
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 312 p.)
ISBN:0195128214
0195351878
1429401346
9780195128215
9780195351873
9781429401340

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