Why do policies change? Institutions, interests, ideas and networks in three cases of policy reform

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1200-1211

  Shearer, Jessica C ^a   Abelson, Julia ^b   Kouyate, Bocar ^c   Lavis, John N ^b   Walt, Gill ^d  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Health   (Burkina Faso)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Health policy; policy making

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; ROLE CHANGE; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; TRENDS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BURKINA FASO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH;

EID: 85014134511     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw052     Document Type: Article

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