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Democrats and the struggle over Medicare: making molehills out of the mountain
In: Dissent: a journal devoted to radical ideas and the values of socialism and democracy, Band 51, Heft 3, S. 66-70
ISSN: 0012-3846
Discusses implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (PDIMA), and political implications for the Democratic and Republican parties; US.
Democrats and the Struggle over Medicare - Making Molehills out of the Mountain
In: Dissent: a journal devoted to radical ideas and the values of socialism and democracy, S. 66-70
ISSN: 0012-3846
Commentary
In: Medical care research and review, Band 57, Heft 2, S. 235-242
ISSN: 1552-6801
The Storm Before the Calm Before the Storm: Medicare Home Care in the Wake of the Balanced Budget Act
In: Care management journals, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 232-237
ISSN: 1938-9019
The Health Care Cost Trap
In: The Brookings review, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 48
Models in the Policy Process: Public Decision Making in the Computer Era, by Martin Greenberger, Matthew A. Crenson and Brian L. Crissey
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 92, Heft 2, S. 335-336
ISSN: 1538-165X
The Aging of the Population and Health Services
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 468, Heft 1, S. 132-148
ISSN: 1552-3349
The demographic revolution—engendered in large part by modern medicine—which has led to the extraordinary and continuing increase in the number and proportion of elderly persons in the population has profound implications for health services. The elderly are disproportionately heavy utilizers of health care, primarily because of the prevalence of chronic disease. In the United States most health care for the elderly is financed through public funds, and costs have been increasing at an alarming rate. There is wide consensus that, for all the excellence of performance of the medical care system in treating acute episodes, care of chronic disease is frequently unsatisfactory in both quality and cost. Given the demographic imperatives, reform of mechanisms for chronic care is thus essential.
The Aging of the Population and Health Services
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 468, S. 132-148
ISSN: 0002-7162
The demographic revolution -- engendered in large part by modern medicine -- includes an extraordinary & continuing increase in the number & proportion of elderly persons in the population, which has profound implications for health services. The elderly are disproportionately heavy utilizers of health care, primarily for chronic disease. In the US, most health care for the elderly is financed through public funds, & costs have been increasing at an alarming rate. There is wide consensus that, for all the excellence of the medical care system in treating acute episodes, care of chronic disease is frequently unsatisfactory in both quality & cost. Given the demographic imperatives, reform of mechanisms for chronic care is thus essential. 1 Table, 11 Figures. HA.
The Aging of the Population and Health Services
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 468 (July), S. 132
ISSN: 0002-7162
Developing Public Policy Theory: Perspectives from Empirical Research
In: American political science review, Band 71, Heft 4, S. 1532-1543
ISSN: 1537-5943
There has been considerable interest in the development of theories of public policy formation, but theoretical efforts to date have not demonstrated adequate recognition of the distinctive qualities of the dependent variable as a focus of research. Facets of public policy are far more difficult to study systematically than most other phenomena investigated empirically by political scientists. Our attempt to test hypotheses with some rigor demonstrated that public policy becomes troublesome as a research focus because of inherent complexity–specifically because of the temporal nature of the process, the multiplicity of participants and of policy provisions, and the contingent nature of theoretical effects. We use examples of policy making taken from the case study literature to show concretely how such complexity makes it essentially impossible to test apparently significant hypotheses as they are presented by Lowi, Dahl, Banfield, and others. Our effort here is to enhance theoretical development by carefully specifying and clarifying the major shortcomings and pointing out the apparent directions of remedy.
Developing public policy theory: Perspectives from empirical research
In: American political science review, Band 71, Heft 4, S. 1532-1543
ISSN: 0003-0554
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A review of case studies of technological innovations in state and local services
In: [Report] R-1870-NSF
Policy Analysis and the Aging: Recent Findings and Approaches
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 79
ISSN: 1540-6210