Journal article
A Democratic Responsiveness Approach to Real Reform: An Exploration of Health Care Systems' Resilience
Abstract
Real reforms attempt to change how health care is financed and how it is rationed. Three main explanations have been offered to explain why such reforms are so difficult: institutional gridlock, path dependency, and societal preferences. The latter posits that choices made regarding the health care system in a given country reflect the broader societal set of values in that country and that as a result public resistance to real reform may more …
Authors
Grignon M
Journal
Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 665–676
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publication Date
August 1, 2012
DOI
10.1215/03616878-1597475
ISSN
0361-6878