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Health Policy and the HMO

The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, 1972
Policy making is fraught with difficulty. The long-range results are often far afield from the original expectation. This, of course, has been conspicuous in such fields as defense, foreign affairs and economics. Serious attempts to formulate a national policy for the delivery of medical services are relatively new for the United States. Foreseeing the
Ernest W. Saward, Merwyn R. Greenlick
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Health policy for the elderly

Society, 1989
w 'hen Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency, both conservative and liberal analysts predicted revolutionary changes in the health and welfare system of the country. When Reagan left office eight years later, major programs affecting the elderly that had been targeted for radical modification or elimination still existed. Medicare continues as a federal
Carroll L. Estes, Steven P. Wallace
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Men’s health policy

Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 2002
It has been said that ‘men's health’ is a contradiction in terms. That might sound dramatic, but consider that male life expectancy at birth averages just 75 years and men in social class 5 (unskilled manual) have a life expectancy of 68years, lower than average male life expectancy in the early 1970s.
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Health policy and mental health

Health Promotion International, 1987
Health policy can be described as policy directed at the determinants of health, i.e. biological and environmental factors, lifestyle and the health care system. This type of policy now has become a policy objective in an increasing number of countries. In this article mental health is placed in the broad context of this policy. The central question is:
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Health Literacy and Health Policy

Academic Pediatrics, 2012
From the Departments of Pediatrics, Clinical Nursing, and the Center for Community Health, University of Rochester Medical Center (Dr Shone), Rochester, NY Address correspondence to Laura P. Shone, DrPH, MSW, Departments of Pediatrics, Clinical Nursing, and the Center for Community Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box
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Health Policy by Litigation

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2020
Since its enactment, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has faced numerous legal challenges. Many of these lawsuits have focused on implementation of the law and the limits of executive power. Opponents challenged the ACA under the Obama Administration while supporters have turned to the courts to prevent the Trump Administration from undermining the law ...
Katie Keith, Joel McElvain
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Implementing Health Policy

1999
The aim of this chapter is to examine the implementation of health policy and the micro politics of the NHS. The chapter begins with a description of the management of the NHS and the role of regional offices, health authorities, and trusts. This leads into a discussion of the relationship between the Department of Health and NHS bodies and of policy ...
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The Value of Health Policy

HealthcarePapers, 2020
Health systems are changing continuously, due to powerful forces such as scientific and technical advances, social and economic conditions and demography. Change affects health systems by disrupting their internal balance, that is, the adjustment of supply and demand for healthcare.
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Health Policy and the WTO

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2003
Critics of international trade agreements often cast them as threats to human health, and they can point to some sobering warnings from world history. Infectious diseases have swept across political boundaries, carried by traders, colonists, and other agents of globalization.
M. Gregg Bloche, Elizabeth R. Jungman
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Health policy: in sickness and in health

2020
The focus in this chapter is on characterizing the nature of recent health policy initiatives and exploring the interplay of powerful structural interest groups which influence the shape of these policies. This chapter is made up of two parts, focusing initially on health service systems, particularly the National Health Service (NHS) in England ...
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