policy capacity meets politics; comment on “health reform requires policy capacity”
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it is difficult to disagree with the general argument that successful health reform requires a significant degree of policy capacity or that all players in the policy game need to move beyond self-interested advocacy. however, an overly broad definition of policy capacity is a problem. more important perhaps, health reform inevitably requires not just policy capacity but political leadership and compromise.
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Policy Capacity Meets Politics; Comment on “Health Reform Requires Policy Capacity”
It is difficult to disagree with the general argument that successful health reform requires a significant degree of policy capacity or that all players in the policy game need to move beyond self-interested advocacy. However, an overly broad definition of policy capacity is a problem. More important perhaps, health reform inevitably requires not just policy capacity but political leadership an...
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international journal of health policy and managementناشر: kerman university of medical sciences
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دوره 4
شماره 10 2015
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