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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465837003321

Autore

Buse Kent

Titolo

Making health policy [[electronic resource] /] / Kent Buse, Nicholas Mays and Gill Walt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, England ; ; New York, : McGraw-Hill

Open University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-53975-6

9786613852205

0-335-24635-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Understanding public health

Altri autori (Persone)

MaysNicholas

WaltGillian

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Medical policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The health policy framework -- 2. Power and the policy process -- 3. The state and the private sector in health policy -- 4. Agenda setting -- 5. Government and the policy process -- 6. Interest groups and the policy process -- 7. Policy implementation -- 8. Globalizing the policy process -- 9. Research, evaluation and policy -- 10. Doing policy analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

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.