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Author: Curtis P. Mclaughlin, Craig D. McLaughlin 

Drawing from the perspectives of a variety of disciplines, this innovative text is unlike any others of its kind. Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Third Edition analyzes current U.S. health policy and proposes various alternatives for developing future health policy without pushing a single solution set—rather, it considers the viewpoints of economics, political science, management, communications, technology, and public health.

Health Policy Analysis An Interdisciplinary Approach 1st table of contents: 

PART I The Context
Chapter 1 Introduction
The Many Actors
Health Care: What Is It?
Health Policy: What Is It?
The Policy Analysis Process
Professionals and the Policy Process
National Systems Differ but Parallels Exist
Key Policy Categories
Overarching Medico-Social Issues
Impact of Societal Values on Policy Decisions
Politicization of Science and Limiting Role of Expertise
Conclusion
Chapter 2 American Exceptionalism—Structural and Conceptual
Key Structural Issues
Key Conceptual Issues
Industrialization and Corporate Lite
Conclusion
Chapter 3 American Exceptionalism—Historical and Political
A Chronology
The Current “Era” Emerges
Employers Want Out: Backing Consumer-Driven Health Care
The Law of the Land: The ACA (Temporarily?)
Conclusion
Case 3: International Comparisons: Where Else Might We Go?
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4 Where Do We Want to Be?
Where Are We?
Alignment with the Rest of Society
What Do Governments Want?
Where in the World?
Conclusion
Case 4: National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care (CLAS)
Discussion Questions
Chapter 5 Representative Policy Options
Access to Care
Quality of Care
Enhance Patient Experience
Costs of Health
Relationships with the External Environment
Conclusion
Case 5: Global Medical Coverage
Discussion Questions
PART II The Policy Analysis Process
Chapter 6 The Policy Analysis Process: Identification and Definition
Early Sources of Misunderstanding
Getting the Scenario Right
Hidden Assumptions
Where in the World?
Conclusion
Case 6: Small Area Variations
Discussion Questions
Chapter 7 The Policy Analysis Process: Health Technology Assessment
Terminology
Technological Forecasting
Levels of Technological Forecasting
Forecasting Methods
Organizations Devoted to Healthcare Technology Assessment
Where in the World?
Conclusion
Case 7: Oregon’s Health Evidence Review Commission
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8 The Policy Analysis Process: Evidence-Based Medicine
Reducing Variation and Saving Resources
Crosscurrents Involved
The Process of Evidence-Based Analysis
Constraints on Variables Used in Analysis of Evidence
The Example of NICE
Decision Aids
Determining Value
Where in the World?
Conclusion
Case 8: Comparative Effectiveness: Avastin Versus Lucentis
Discussion Questions
Chapter 9 The Policy Analysis Process: Evaluation of Political Feasibility
Terminology
Overview
Authorizing Environments
Key Government Actors
Political Inputs
Nongovernmental Actors
Methods for Analyzing Political Feasibility
Critiques of Political Feasibility Analysis
Where in the World?
Conclusion
Case 9: Green Mountain Care
Discussion Questions
Chapter 10 The Policy Analysis Process—Evaluation of Economic Viability
Defining the Healthcare Process Involved
Selecting the Analytical Approach
Basic Tools
Agreeing on the Resources Required
Determining Relevant Costs
Valuing the Outcomes Produced
Dealing with Important Uncertainties
Financial Feasibility
Identifying Financing Methods
Considering Distributional Effects
Where in the World?
Conclusion
Case 10: Increasing the Federal Cigarette Excise Tax
Discussion Questions
Chapter 11 The Policy Analysis Process: Analysis of Values and Social Context
Equitable Access
Efficiency and Value
Patient Privacy and Confidentiality
Informed Consent
Personal Responsibility
Professional Ethics
Consumer Sovereignty
Social Welfare
Rationing
Process Equity
Influence on Society: A Broader Question
Double Checking for Interacting Policies and Contextual Change
Trade-Offs
Scenarios
Working Out Your Own Scenarios
Where in the World?
Conclusion
Case 11: The Folic Acid Fortification Decision: Before and After
Discussion Questions
Chapter 12 Implementation Strategy and Planning
Levels of Implementation Failure
Implementation Planning
Setting Up to Succeed
That All-Important Start
Providing for Periodic Reviews
Implementing Policies That Affect Clinical Operations
The Postmortem
Conclusion
Case 12: The Troubled Launch of HealthCare.gov
Discussion Questions
PART III The Professional as Participant
Chapter 13 Health Professional Leadership
Disinterestedness
Informational Credibility
To Influence Globally, Start Locally
Process Innovation
Health Policy Analysis: A Relevant School for Leadership
Governance
Communities
Enhancing the Professional’s Role
Where in the World?
Conclusion
Case 13: The Data Sharing Proposal
Discussion Questions
Chapter 14 Conclusion: All Those Levers and Still No Fulcrum
Where to Stand
The Physician’s Dilemma
The ERISA Problem
Many ACA Provisions Stay in Place, But Uncertainty Continues
Why Not an Unraveling?

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