The politics of public health policy

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue , 2006, Pages 195-233

  Oliver, Thomas R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Health reform; Implementation; Incrementalism; Policy entrepreneur

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645829481     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.25.101802.123126     Document Type: Review

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