Health Policymaking in the United States

by Longest, Beaufort B.

• ISBN13: 9781567930177
• ISBN10: 1567930174
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Health Administration Pr

Summary

Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again! Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included.look no further for study resources or reference material. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes, and practice-tests for your textbook. Only Cram101 is Textbook Specific. Cram101 is NOT the Textbook.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations
Preface
Health and Health Policy	p. 1
What Is Health?	p. 1
What Is Health Policy?	p. 2
The Impact of Health Policies on Health	p. 7
The Citizenry and Health Policy	p. 22
A Model of Public Policymaking for Health	p. 33
The Political Market for Health Policies	p. 34
The Public Policymaking Process	p. 47
Policy Formulation	p. 57
Agenda Setting	p. 57
The Development of Legislation	p. 72
Policy Implementation	p. 83
The Beginning of Implementation: Rulemaking	p. 84
Policy Operation	p. 90
Policy Modification	p. 107
The Modification Phase	p. 109
Modification in the Formulation Phase	p. 110
Modification in the Implementation Phase	p. 119
Structural Features of the Modification Phase	p. 124
The Other Side of Policymaking	p. 133
Organizations Affected by Health Policies	p. 136
Discerning the Effects of Policies	p. 151
Influencing Policies	p. 152
Synthesizing the Policymaking Process	p. 161
Policy Formulation, Implementation, and Modification: The Interconnection	p. 162
Critical Influences on Health Policymaking in the United States	p. 164
Appendix Chronological List of Selected U.S. Federal Laws Pertaining to Health	p. 173
Index	p. 201
About the Author	p. 215
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.