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...Barry G. Rabe Congress plays a central role in national environmental policy formation but appears ill equipped to set policy priorities and devise integrative legislation. Fragmentation of authority among a multiplicity of committees and subcommittees, especially in the House, contributes...

...Mark Schlesinger; Bradford Gray; Elizabeth Bradley As American medicine has been transformed by the growth of managed care, so too have questions about the appropriate role of nonprofit ownership in the health care system. The standards for community benefit that are increasingly applied...

... Feedback and Public Opinion: The Role of Employer Responsibility in Social Policy Michael K. Gusmano International Longevity Center-USA...

... -972. Pollock, Philip H. III. 1994 . Issues, Values, and Critical Moments: Did “Magic” Johnson Transform Public Opinion on AIDS? American Journal of Political Science 38 (2): 426 -446. Price, Vincent, and Mei-Ling Hsu. 1992 . The Role of Misinformation and Attitudes toward Homosexuals...

...Mark A. Hall Abstract United States' courts have played a limited, yet key, role in shaping health equity in three areas of law: racial discrimination, disability discrimination, and constitutional rights. Executive and administrative action has been much more instrumental than judicial decisions...

... as an example of the role evidence plays in policy deliberations. The report addressed the question of whether Medicare's value-based purchasing programs should be adjusted for patients' social risk factors. Despite high-quality and consistent results about the relationship between performance and social risk...

... of the discipline” (Fox 1979 : 323). This shift to model building came too late to affect the Medicare process, but it signaled the beginning of a transformation of the role of academic expertise in the policy process in the age of redesign. The period of health-care-state establishment was followed...

...John D. Colombo The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice 2004 report on competition in health care raises the issue of nonprofit versus for-profit form in several contexts, including their relative financial performance, pricing behavior, and role in caring for the uninsured poor...

... the report from a European perspective, describes the role of competition in Europe (focusing in particular on European Union law), and suggests that the United States could learn from the European perspective. Duke University Press 2006 Berenson, R. 2004 . Medicare Disadvantaged and the Search...

...). Role of Budget Impact in Drug Reimbursement Decisions Joshua Parsons Cohen Tufts University Elly Stolk...

... directly with drug manufacturers, as the VA does. In this article we relate the role of interest groups to policy differences between Medicare and the VA and, in doing so, explain why such a large change to the Medicare drug program is unlikely. We argue that key policy differences are attributable...

...Michelle M. Mello Growing awareness of the role that food and beverage advertising plays in the epidemic of childhood obesity has prompted calls for stricter oversight of advertising practices. The food and beverage industries have taken voluntary steps in this direction, but many commentators have...

...James F. Blumstein This paper initially considers ways of thinking about organ transplantation: Should it be treated as a catastrophic disease or as an ordinary and accepted medical procedure? The analysis then shifts to the role the government has played in influencing organ transplantation policy...

...Miriam J. Laugesen; Thomas Rice Until recently, physicians were viewed as the dominant player in health policy. Now, however, they compete with many other effective interest groups. This article analyzes this changing role, and specifically how organized medicine has changed its approach...

... System . Washington, DC:National Academy Press. ———. 2001 . Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century . Washington, DC: National Academy Press. ———. 2002 . Leadership by Example: Coordinating Government Roles in Improving Health Care Quality . Washington, DC: National...

...Keith Wailoo Sovereignty and Science: Revisiting the Role of Science in the Construction and Erosion of Medical Dominance Keith Wailoo Rutgers University The medical profession...

...Bernice A. Pescosolido; Jack K. Martin Cultural Authority and the Sovereignty of American Medicine: The Role of Networks, Class, and Community Bernice A. Pescosolido and Jack K. Martin...

... the need for reform, the role of the courts in policing public managed care is circumscribed by several constraints. Barriers to class action litigation and differences in the institutional capacities of courts and administrative agencies mean that litigation is best viewed as a supplement...