TY - BOOK AU - McLaughlin,Curtis P. AU - McLaughlin,Craig TI - Health policy analysis: an interdisciplinary approach SN - 9781284279955 AV - RA395.A3 .M3 2025 U1 - 362.1 23/eng/20230703 PY - 2025/// CY - Burlington, Massachusetts PB - Jones & Bartlett Learning KW - Health Policy KW - Health Planning KW - EDUCATION / General KW - bisacsh KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. The context -- Introduction -- The unique U.S system -- International comparisons: where else might we go -- Actors have goals -- The kidney biopsy decision -- Part II. Formative evaluation -- The policy analysis process: problem identification and definition -- Comparative effectiveness: Avastin versus Lucentis -- Considering possible solutions -- The folic acid fortification decision: before and after -- Health policy analysis process: health technology assessment -- Oregon's health evidence review commission -- The policy analysis process: evaluation of political feasibility -- Green mountain care -- The policy analysis process-evaluation of economic viability -- Increasing the federal cigarette excise tax -- The policy analysis process: values and social responsibility context -- Ten years of public health system decline -- Part III. Policy decision, implementation planning, and implementation -- Implementation strategy and planning -- The troubled launch of healthcare.gov -- Part IV. Post-implementation stages -- How are we doing? -- Dangerous maternity care: the normal birth campaign -- Health services research -- Small are variations -- Part V. The professional as participant -- Health professional leadership -- Old haven health -- Conclusion: all those levers and still fulcrum N2 - "Health Policy Analysis analyzes current U.S. health policy and proposes various alternatives for developing future health policy without pushing a single solution set-rather, it considers the viewpoints of economics, political science, management, communications, technology, and public health"-- ER -