... of the reform initiatives as well as the construction of the need to reform. The article builds on the insights of both the ideational and institutionalist perspectives when it argues that the interests, aspirations, and fears of the JDP, alongside the peculiar characteristics of the institutional context, have...

.... Though their specific forms and labels in the American context have changed over time (from health maintenance organizations [HMOs] to managed care organizations [MCOs] to ACOs), these interventions all work off a common logic: if the institutional arrangements are set right, they induce incentives...

... over Health Care Policy in Advanced, Industrial Democracies. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 20 (3): 571 -613. Commentary Ideas, Institutions, and Resources David Wilsford...

...Julianna Pacheco; Scott LaCombe Abstract Context: This project investigates the role of state-level institutions in explaining variation in population health in the American states. Although cross-national research has established the positive effects of democracy on population health, little...

... Human Blood to Social Policy . New York:Pantheon. Wennberg, J. E., and A. Gittelsohn. 1982 . Variations in Medical Care among Small Areas. Scientific American 246 (4): 120 -133. Williamson, O. E. 2000 . The New Institutional Economics: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead. Journal of Economic...

... . New York : Doubleday . Big Ideas, Broken Institutions, and the Wrath at the Grass Roots James A. Morone Brown University As Franklin Delano Roosevelt contemplated the end...

... systems of France and Germany, on the one hand, and with the 1950s and 1960s in the United States, on the other, this article concludes that while institutional elements do account for some of the observed behavior of big business, a necessary complement to this is a fuller understanding...

... -727. Unrealistic Expectations Born of Defective Institutions Alain C. Enthoven and Sara J. Singer Stanford University We, Americans, planted the seeds of the managed care backlash...

..., adversarial), institutional power (fragmented versus centralized), and resources . An institutional framework further characterizes these approaches as based on models of managerial discretion and adjudication (United States), consultation (Canada), and bargaining (Britain, France) to clarify the patterns...

...Peter Starke The literature on the causes of health care reform is dominated by institutionalist accounts, and political institutions are among the most prominent factors cited to explain why change takes place. However, institutionalist accounts have difficulty explaining both the timing...

...Lise Rochaix; David Wilsford In this article, we assess the recent performance of the French state at containing costs in health care using political science concepts such as path dependency and incentives, which are central to an economic approach. The article focuses on institutional capacities...

... Rescue Effort. August 3 . The Medicare Approach: Political Choice and American Institutions Lawrence R. Jacobs University of Minnesota...

...Yanzhong Huang Abstract This article examines the role of international institutional actors in China's health policy process. Particular attention is paid to three major international institutional actors: the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS...

...Nancy R. Aries; Elliott D. Sclar This study estimates the economic significance of biomedical research for a geographic region. Through a survey of nonprofit biomedical research institutions in the metropolitan New York region and an analysis of research budget data obtained from the area’s six...

... of Inquiry in a Therapeutic Practice . Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1994. 378 pp. $31.00. Books Review Essay Institutions of Reflective Practice Cheryl Mattingly and Maureen Hayes Fleming. Clinical...

... Review Essay Institutions of Reflective Practice Cheryl Mattingly and Maureen Hayes Fleming. Clinical Reasoning: Forms of Inquiry in a Therapeutic Practice. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1994. 378 pp. $31.00. Paul Atkinson. Medical Talk and Medical Work: The Liturgy of the Clinic...

... reporting, and the WTO's procedural framework to explore legal, institutional, and ideational explanations for the delay. Findings: IP waivers are neither legally complex nor unprecedented within WTO law, yet these waiver negotiations exceeded their mandated 90-day negotiation period by approximately 18...

... with government officials, civil society groups, and other vested interest groups. Findings: This article finds that the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in the late 1980s, the political commitment of Mauritius's Labour government to comprehensive tobacco control, the institutional legacies of Mauritius's...

...Steven Rathgeb Smith J. David Seay and Bruce C. Vladeck, In Sickness and in Health: The Mission of Voluntary Health Care Institutions (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988), 232 pp. Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 Book Reviews 229...