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The Role of the Policy Process on Health Service Reconfigurations: Evidence, Path Dependency and Framing: Comment on "'Attending to History' in Major System Change in Healthcare in England: Specialist Cancer Surgery Service Reconfiguration".
- Source :
- International Journal of Health Policy & Management; 2023, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p1-3, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Historically healthcare services have largely developed on an incremental basis, with various piecemeal changes and some notable policy leaps that illustrate a punctuated equilibrium health policy process. More recently policy-makers have attempted, successfully and unsuccessfully, to reconfigure healthcare services to address perceived problems in the delivery of important services such as stroke, cancer, and trauma. Perry et al provide a welcome addition to research in this area by focusing on the importance of history in a reconfiguration of cancer services in Greater Manchester (GM). Perry et al analyse how and why this configuration was successful after several failed attempts in the past and in this commentary, I want to reflect on the explanatory role health policy analysis can contribute to studying the reconfiguration of healthcare services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ONCOLOGISTS
ONCOLOGIC surgery
HEALTH policy
MEDICAL care
POLICY analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23225939
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Health Policy & Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163209221
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7642