Used across the public health field, this is the leading text in the area, focusing on the context, participants and processes of making health policy.
Author: Buse, Kent
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 9780335246342
Category: Medical
Page: 288
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Used across the public health field, this is the leading text in the area, focusing on the context, participants and processes of making health policy.
Such developments helped to broaden the base of treatment delivery, the range of health and social care practitioners involved in treatment and counselling services, and the agencies and individuals entering the health policy networks.
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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004333109
Category: Medical
Page: 344
View: 702
What shapes health policy? Current thinking dictates that scientific evidence should be the basis for policy making in healthcare, but is this a new approach, and how has it developed? Making Health Policy shows how networks in science and the media have established a dialogue for policy making since 1945. Surprisingly, many of the networks influencing health policy are not political ones central to public discussion. Instead, scientific networks have shaped policies on public health, based upon findings of chronic disease epidemiology. For policies on illicit drugs, the clinical experience of a small group of psychiatrists held sway. And ironically in an ever cost-conscious world, high-technology areas – such as renal dialysis – saw economic considerations diminish as time passed. Health pressure groups entered the equation, and the last half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of the media as the defining agency in the science/policy relationship. Making Health Policy is the first historical study to explore the unspoken links between science and recent health policy.
In healthpolicy making, such trusted groupshave traditionally included those closely involved in the provisionof health care,such as health professionals,health authorities and drug companies. However, other groupsalso have expertise, ...
Author: Andy Alaszewski
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780745680644
Category: Medical
Page: 208
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This new textbook opens up the policy-making process for students, uncovering how government decisions around health are really made. Starting from more traditional insights into how ministers and civil servants develop policy with limited knowledge and money, the book goes on to challenge the conception of policy as a rational process, revealing it to be something quite different. Knee-jerk reactions to disasters, keeping voters satisfied, the powerful leverage of interest groups, and the skewing of debate through ideology and the media are each considered in turn. These processes render policy far from rational or at least require a much broader approach for considering policy ‘logic’, one that is open to different rationalities of values, norms and pragmatism. The book draws on historical and contemporary examples to highlight that though challenges to policy-makers may seem in some ways novel, in many senses key processes endure and indeed are rooted in historical contexts. Although the examples are drawn from UK health and social care, the book’s theory-driven approach is applicable across national contexts Ð especially for countries where uncertainty, risk and resource pressures create significant dilemmas for policy-makers. The book’s multi-perspective, thematic approach will be especially relevant to students, as will the broad range of case study examples used. Making Health Policy will be essential reading for students of health policy, social policy, social work, and the sociology of medicine, health and illness.
A thoughtful and insightful textbook introduction to how health policy is made.
Author: Andy Alaszewski
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 9780745641737
Category: Medical
Page: 208
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A thoughtful and insightful textbook introduction to how health policy is made. Pays attention to the social and political processes which structure what decisions are taken about health policy. Addresses issues such as politicians' eagerness to please voters, the power of the media, and the role of pressure groups.
When a health policy analyst participates in this process , he or she is responsible for evaluating available options and , usually , for making recommendations to the policy maker . The policy maker then formulates the health policy ...
Author: Gretchen B. Chapman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521541247
Category: Medical
Page: 438
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Decision Making in Health Care, first published in 2000, is a comprehensive overview of the field of medical decision making.
categories of access, quality and value and the management of medical technologies and health policies must relate to ... part of any universities' reference collection in the area of policy making, health policies in healthcare sector.
Author: Gholipour, Rahmatollah
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 9781466699458
Category: Medical
Page: 329
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Presently, the healthcare industry is grappling with many challenges both nationally and globally, including escalating costs, a move to a preventative care environment and a technology savvy patient with high expectations. To accommodate the changing health demands of the current global population, public healthcare policy must undergo a critical analysis. Social, Economic, and Political Perspectives on Public Health Policy-Making provides an extensive and rich compilation of research on the role of public policy in the healthcare sector and how policy reform will impact the future of healthcare delivery and administration. This research-based publication is composed of chapters from various international experts in the healthcare sector, focusing on the areas of healthcare access, quality, and value in the 21st century. Government agencies, policymakers, healthcare professionals, hospital administrators, and graduate-level students studying within the fields of government and healthcare administration will find this publication to be an essential resource.
New technologies with the potential to improve the health of populations are continuously being introduced. But not every technological development results in clear health gains. Health technology assessment provides evidence-based information on the coverage and usage of health technologies, enabling them to be evaluated properly and applied to health care efficaciously, promoting the most effective ones while also taking into account organizational, societal and ethical issues. This book reviews the relationship between health technology assessment and policy-making, and examines how to increase the contribution such research makes to policy- and decision-making processes. By communicating the value and potential of health technology assessment to a wider audience, both within and beyond decision-making and health care management, it aims ultimately to contribute to improve the health status of the population through the delivery of optimum health services.
Therefore,health policy is not seen as an instrument of industrial policy. Development of Decision Making To complement the overview of different national decision making processes with regard to the development of a more global ...
Author: Wilhelm Kirch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402056130
Category: Medical
Page: 1601
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The Encyclopedic Reference of Public Health presents the most important definitions, principles and general perspectives of public health, written by experts of the different fields. The work includes more than 2,500 alphabetical entries. Entries comprise review-style articles, detailed essays and short definitions. Numerous figures and tables enhance understanding of this little-understood topic. Solidly structured and inclusive, this two-volume reference is an invaluable tool for clinical scientists and practitioners in academia, health care and industry, as well as students, teachers and interested laypersons.
This book provides answers to these crucial questions." Devi Sridhar, James Martin Lecturer in Global Health Politics, Oxford University, UK "Having used the earlier edition of this book, I would highly recommend it.
Author: Kent Buse
Publisher: Open University Press
ISBN: 0335246354
Category:
Page: 288
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"This comprehensive and practical text provides a clear introduction to health policy analysis ... The book combines an overview of the theoretical base of the field with a range of real world examples drawn from different settings ... It is widely recognised as an essential text of international relevance, for students and practitioners alike. I highly recommend it to the new generation of activist-scholars in the field." Lucy Gilson, Professor of Health Policy and Systems, University of Cape Town, South Africa Part of the Understanding Public Health series, this bestselling book is the leading text in the field. It focuses on how health policy is made nationally and globally, clearly explaining the key concepts from political science with a wide array of engaging examples. This edition is fully updated to reflect new research and ways of thinking about the health policy process. Written by leading experts, this clear and accessible book addresses the "how" of health policy making in a range of international settings. The book provides an accessible approach to understanding: Health policy analysis Power and policy making Public and private sector Agenda setting Government roles in policy Interest groups and policy Policy implementation Globalization and policy process Policy research and evaluation Doing policy analysis Making Health Policy 2nd edition is an ideal resource for students of public health and health policy, public health practitioners and policy makers. Understanding Public Health is an innovative series published by Open University Press in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. It provides self-directed learning covering the major issues in public health affecting low, middle and high-income countries. Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood. "This book is excellent and unique in the way it addresses complexity within the field of global health and policies in a simplified and practical way. Each chapter is structured to include Activities and Feedback, which fosters reflection and adult learning. This approach makes the book ideal for teaching at all levels of university. I highly recommend it." Göran Tomson, Professor of International Health Systems Research, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden "This is an excellent and accessible introduction to the politics of health policy-making by three of the world’s leading scholars on the subject. If anyone thinks that improving the health of a population is solely about getting the interventions and policy content right, this book will surely disavow them of that belief. Political dynamics matter, and the authors draw on the most up-to-date research to provide practitioners and students with clear, sensible, evidence-based guidance on how to manage these dynamics." Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University, USA. "Making Health Policy is a must-read for those studying and working in global health. It provides a unique introduction to core concepts in global health policy and brings politics to the core of public health. Why do some issues get more attention than others? Why is evidence-based policy-making so difficult? How can we understand and study power in the health system? This book provides answers to these crucial questions." Devi Sridhar, James Martin Lecturer in Global Health Politics, Oxford University, UK "Having used the earlier edition of this book, I would highly recommend it. The book provides an outstanding mix of policy theories, described in clear and accessible terms, with up-to-date and engaging examples from across the world that illustrate the application of those theories. Frequent activities throughout the book provide openings for greater student engagement in the subject matter. It's a great resource for teaching." Sara Bennett, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA "This book is an excellent teaching tool on policy making in the field of public health. It is very clearly structured and written, and provides a wealth of concrete examples to illustrate new concepts ... One of the key strengths is to highlight the political nature of health policy making, not presenting it as a technocratic process, but very much part of power dynamics at the local, national and global level." Chantal Blouin, Associate Director, Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Carleton University/University of Ottawa, Canada "A great introduction and reference for health policy students, offering clear and concise explication of key theories about policy-making and applied to the health sector. This book unravels the complex world of health politics and decision-making, making it comprehensible for many who have difficulty understanding the system they work in, or aspire to enter the world of health policy to make a difference." Professor Vivian Lin, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Australia
But there are still signs of a prevalence of old practices and a hierarchical, closed and reactive policy making style. Consulting stakeholders and the public, although now assumed to be a necessary step in the policy process, ...
Author: Alison Hann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317123309
Category: Medical
Page: 208
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What is the relationship between politics and health policy in the UK? How are the interests of the medical profession, civil society and the state weighed and balanced in the making of health policy? Health Policy and Politics offers a sophisticated critical analysis of policy-making in the National Health Service. The team of contributors comprises established academics who have been actively involved in both research and policy-making in this field. They examine the 'macro' level of policy-making at governmental level, and then consider professional institutional relationships and struggles, and interpersonal decision-making and power relations within small organizations and departments. Unique in the variety of perspectives and topics covered, the volume will be required reading for those teaching and studying on a range of courses in health, social care and public policy, and for health professionals within the NHS.
Release on 2019-03-31 | by Jacqueline M. Loversidge
The fifth is a definition for evidence-informed health policy for use in nursing education and regulation, which may be extended to general healthcare policymaking. The first definition underpins the SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed ...
Author: Jacqueline M. Loversidge
Publisher: Sigma Theta Tau
ISBN: 9781948057202
Category:
Page: 320
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What happens in health policy at local, state, and federal levels directly affects patients, nurses, and nursing practice. Some healthcare professionals, though, are intimidated by the knotty policy process or simply don’t know how to take the first step toward implementing policy change. In Evidence-Informed Health Policy authors Jacqueline M. Loversidge and Joyce Zurmehly demystify health policymaking and equip nurses and other healthcare professionals with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to navigate that first step—and many steps beyond.
Such a policy process makes the establishment of a comprehensive national health policy highly improbable, if not impossible. The result is a mishmash of public and private sector healthcare programs and policies that often reflects ...
Author: Kant Patel
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765644411
Category: Medical
Page: 440
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Fully updated, this new edition provides a comprehensive examination of the ways that health policy has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and ideological environment of the United States. The roles played by public and private, institutional and individual actors in designing the healthcare system are identified at all levels.
Such a policy process makes the establishment of a comprehensive national health policy highly improbable, if not impossible. The result is a mishmash of public and private sector healthcare programs and policies that often reflects ...
Author: Kant Patel
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317468837
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 440
View: 490
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the ways that health policy has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and ideological environment of the United States. The roles played by public and private, institutional and individual actors in designing the healthcare system are identified at all levels. The book addresses the key problems of healthcare cost, access, and quality through analyses of Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Health Administration, and other programs, and the ethical and cost implications of advances in healthcare technology. This fully updated fourth edition gives expanded attention to the fiscal and financial impact of high healthcare costs and the struggle for healthcare reform, culminating in the passage of the Affordable Care Act, with preliminary discussion of implementation issues associated with the Affordable Care Act as well as attempts to defund and repeal it. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions and a comprehensive reference list. Helpful appendices provide a guide to websites and a chronology. PowerPoint slides and other instructional materials are available to instructors who adopt the book.
Third, more learning and exchange is required on how to influence policy in the context of forced migration, especially in areas where policy-making and evidenceinformed recommendations diverge. To further push the agenda on effective, ...
Author: Kayvan Bozorgmehr
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9783030338121
Category: Medical
Page: 249
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Forced migration has yet to be sufficiently addressed from the perspective of health policy and systems research, resulting in limited knowledge on system‐level interventions and policies to improve the health of forced migrants. The contributions within this edited volume seek to rectify this gap in the literature by compiling the existing knowledge on health systems and health policy responses to forced migration with a focus on asylum seekers, refugees, and internally displaced people. It also brings together the work of research communities from the fields of political science, epidemiology, health sciences, economics, psychology, and sociology to push the knowledge frontier of health research in the area of forced migration towards health policy and systems-level interventions, while also framing potential routes for further research in this area. Among the analyses within the chapters: The political economy of health and forced migration in Europe Innovative humanitarian health financing for refugees Understanding the resilience of health systems Health security in the context of forced migration Discrimination as a health systems response to forced migration Health Policy and Systems Responses to Forced Migration offers unique and interdisciplinary theoretical, empirical, and literature-based perspectives that apply a health policy and systems approach to health and healthcare challenges among forced migrants. It will find an engaged audience among policy makers and analysts, international organizations, scholars in academia, think tanks, and students in undergraduate programs or at the graduate level, for policy, practice, and educational purposes.
The six phases of the problem-centered public policymaking process are agenda setting, policy formulation, policy ... policy Federalist structure Health policy Indemnification Institutional policy Issue networks Legal policy Model ...
Author: Demetrius J. Porche
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9781284230321
Category: Law
Page: 400
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Health Policy: Application for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals, Third Edition provides an overview of the policy-making process within a variety of settings including academia, clinical practice, communities, and various health care systems. Health Policy takes a comprehensive structural approach to policymaking and provides the necessary tools to engage in health policy formulation. The Third Edition remains an easy-to-read foundational policy book that operationalizes health policy and politics and is one of the few health policy books that takes a civic competence model approach. It also provides the necessary tools to engage in health policy formulation and includes coverage of think tanks and expansion on policy institutes. Revised Appendices with current policy resources New Appendix: Major Federal Laws Executive Summaries Addition of Policy Terminology section at end of each chapter Policy Analysis Templates to help readers put skills into practice Summary Points and Policy Terminology emphasize critical content and terms Case studies and policy analysis templates bring concepts into the real world
EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY-MAKING IN GLOBAL HEALTH 153 Moynihan R, Oxman A, Lavis JN, Paulsen E. 2008. Evidence-Informed Health Policy: Using Research to Make Health Systems Healthier. Rapport nr. 1-2008. Oslo: Nasjonalt Kunnskapssenter for ...
implemented at any level of EU decision-making. In the new public health programme HIA is supported as a cross-cutting theme, in which health impact assessment of proposals under other Community policies and activities, such as research ...
Author: McKee, Martin
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 9780335213535
Category: Education
Page: 294
View: 442
· What are the implications of the different levels of health in an enlarged EU? · Will free movement of goods, services and people within an enlarged EU be good for health and health care? · What have we learned from past enlargements? European national policy-makers broadly agree on the core objectives that their health care system should pursue. The list is straightforward: universal access for all citizens, effective care for better health outcomes, efficient use of resources, and high quality services responsive to patient’s concerns. It is a formula that resonates across the political spectrum and which, in various, sometimes inventive configurations, has played a role in most recent European national election campaigns. While there may be consensus on the broader issues, expectations differ between EU countries, and with the enlargement of 2004 matters become more complex. This book seeks firstly to assess the impact of the enlargement process and then to analyse the challenges that lie ahead in the field of health and health policy. Written by leading health policy analysts, the book investigates a host of areas including: · Health care investment· International recruitment of nurses and doctors· Health and safety· Communicable disease control· European pharmaceutical policy Health Policy and European Union Enlargementwill be of interest to students of health policy, economics, public policy and management, as well as health managers and policy-makers. Contributors:Tit Albreht, Roza Adany, Ivana Bozicevic, James Buchan, Richard Coker, Evgenia Delcheva, Carl-Ardy Dubois, Anna B. Gilmore, Antero Heloma, Rainer Hess, Elke Jakubowski, Nicholas Jennett, Panos Kanavos, Manuel Lobato, Karen Lock, Laura MacLehose, Martin McKee, Sally Nicholas, Ellen Nolte, Stjepan Oreskovic, Esa Osterberg, Anne Marie Rafferty, Magdalene Rosenmöller, Alison Wright-Reid, Monika Zajac, Witold Zatonski.
Policy modification and policy change are two distinct types of policymaking activities. ... From public health science to prevention policy: Placing science in its social and political contexts. ... Making health policy.
Author: Demetrius J. Porche
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 9780763783136
Category: Medical
Page: 293
View: 985
Health care providers frequently engage in setting policy agenda at the individual, systems, institutional, or public level. Health Policy: Application for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals provides an overview of the policymaking process within a variety of settings including academia, clinical practice, communities, and various health care systems. By including both policy evaluation and research, the author provides a comprehensive and multi-perspective approach to developing and formulating effective health care policy. Unlike other texts, Health Policy: Application for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals utilizes a condensed format without a large amount of explanatory text. Topics include governmental overviews and roles, policy formulation and analysis, public health, political theory and practice, ethical perspectives, and policy institutes.
In this regard , the amount of informal policymaking is also noteworthy . ... In summary , health policy - making is increasingly marked by a number of characteristics that differentiate it to varying degrees from processes that ...
Author: Kelley Lee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052100943X
Category: Medical
Page: 331
View: 949
This book examines the impact of globalisation on global public health issues and policy.
... or when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provides grants to develop crops that are high in essential vitamins and minerals to improve the nutrition of people in developing countries, they are making health policy decisions.
Author: Joel Bern Teitelbaum
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 9780763734428
Category: Medical
Page: 200
View: 493
As one of the newest offerings in the Jones & Bartlett Essential Public Health series, this introductory-level text is a concise and straightforward look at the seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law. It will help your students understand the broad context of health policy and law, the essential policy and legal issues impacting and flowing out of the health care and public health systems, and the way health policies and laws are formulated.Looking for more real-life evidence? Check out Cases 2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, & 19-21 in Essential Case Studies in Public Health, Putting Public Health into Practice.