Health Policy and the Bureaucracy: Politics and Implementation

by Frank J. Thompson

Book Overview

Contents: Health as a Political Problem; Health Care Institutions: From Expansion to the Quest for Economy and Efficiency; Man-power Policy and Shortage Areas: The National Health Service Corps Evolves; Medicaid: A Commercial Market Strategy for the Poor; Medicare: The Perils of Payment with a Commercial Market Strategy; When Government Delivers Care: The Evolution of the VA Medical Programs; Preventive Health Policies: The Struggles of OSHA; Policy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262200414
• ISBN13: 9780262200417
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.