Health Politics and Policy

by Litman, Theodor J.; Litman, Theodor J.; Robins, Leonard S.

• ISBN13: 9780827367760
• ISBN10: 0827367767
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-28
• Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning

Summary

This book, in its third edition, offers readers a comprehensive and analytical overview of the historic and contemporary involvement of government and politics in The development of health policy. Chapters are organized around four major areas. The first places health politics and policy within a historical, social, and economic perspective. Part two focuses on an exploration of the interface between health policy and the political structure. Part three covers the role of public opinion and health interest groups in the formulation of health policy. Part four explores the relationship of health policy and the political process in the areas of: health care finance, access to health care and health care reform as well as mental, disability, and environmental health.

Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES	xiii	(2)
FOREWORD	XV	(4)
Rashi Fein
PREFACE	XIX
PART ONE HEALTH POLITICS AND POLICY IN PERSPECTIVE	1	(108)
Chapter 1 The Relationship of Government and Politics to Health and Health Care--A Sociopolitical Overview	3	(43)
Theodor J. Litman
Chapter 2 The Restructuring of the American Health Care System	46	(18)
Donald W. Light
Chapter 3 Gridlock and Breakthrough in American Health Politics	64	(11)
James A. Morone
Chapter 4 The Political Economy of Health Services: A Review and Assessment of Major Ideological Influences and the Impact of New Economic Realities	75	(34)
Roger M. Battistella with the assistance of John B. Ostrick
PART TWO HEALTH POLICY AND THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE	109	(90)
Chapter 5 Presidential Leadership and Health Policy	111	(24)
William W. Lammers
Chapter 6 Congress and Health Policy: "Dynamics without Change?"	135	(20)
David Falcone
Lynn Hartwig
Chapter 7 The Evolving Challenge of Health Policy Implementation	155	(21)
Frank J. Thompson
Chapter 8 State Roles in Health Care Policy: Past as Prologue?	176	(23)
Debra J. Lipson
PART THREE THE ROLE OF PUBLIC OPINION AND INTEREST GROUPS IN HEALTH POLICY	199	(64)
Chapter 9 Public Opinion and Health Policy	201	(19)
Robert J. Blendon
Mollyann Brodie
Chapter 10 The Demand for Legislation and National Health Care Reform	220	(11)
Paul J. Feldstein
Chapter 11 On Treacherous Ground: The Strategic Choices of Health Interest Groups	231	(32)
Katherine A. Hinckley
Bette S. Hill
PART FOUR HEALTH POLICY AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS	263	(176)
Chapter 12 Sharing the Burden, Containing the Cost: Fundamental Conflicts in Health Care Finance	265	(23)
Robert G. Evans
Chapter 13 Access to Health Care	288	(18)
Irene Fraser
Chapter 14 The Politics of Universal Health Insurance: Lessons for and from the 1990s	306	(17)
Theodore R. Marmor
Morris L. Barer
Chapter 15 The Elderly and Health Politics: The "Coming of Age" of Aging	323	(29)
William P. Brandon
Dana Burr Bradley
Chapter 16 Health Politics and Mental Health Care	352	(15)
David A. Rochefort
Chapter 17 The Health Politics of Disability	367	(17)
Gary L. Albrecht
Chapter 18 The Politics of Environmental Health	384	(18)
Barry G. Rabe
Chapter 19 Rural Health Care Delivery and Finance: Policy and Politics	402	(17)
Keith J. Mueller
Chapter 20 The Politics of AIDS	419	(20)
Leonard S. Robins
Charles Backstrom
Epilogue Health Politics and Policy: Additional Issues and Continuing Challenges for the Twenty-first Century	439	(6)
Leonard S. Robins
Appendix A Chronology and Capsule Highlights of Major Historical and Political Milestones in the Evolution of the Relationship of Government Involvement in Health and Health Care in the United States	445	(28)
Theodor J. Litman
BIBLIOGRAPHY	473	(112)
Theodor J. Litman
INDEX	585