Recent incremental health care reforms in the US: A way forward or false promise?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-263

  Waddan, Alex ^a   Jaenicke, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care; Incrementalism; Policy reform; United States

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY REFORM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WELFARE REFORM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646028776     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557306776315796     Document Type: Article

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