Path Dependency, or Why History Makes It Difficult but Not Impossible to Reform Health Care Systems in a Big Way

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 251-283

  Wilsford, David ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH-CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; PATH DEPENDENCY; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL POLICY;

FRANCE; GERMANY; UK; USA;

EID: 0028561095     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X00007285     Document Type: Article

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