Health, health care, and incompletely theorized agreements: A normative theory of health policy decision making

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-87

  Ruger, Jennifer Prah ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS;

EID: 34247885955     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2006-028     Document Type: Review

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