Book contents
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Political Incentives in Healthcare Systems
- Part II The Political Contexts of Healthcare Policies
- Part III Political Institutions and Health
- 4 Constitutional Health System Design
- 5 Democracy and the Patient Citizen
- 6 Theory of Political Markets in Healthcare
- 7 Ideology and Healthcare
- Part IV Political Allocation in Healthcare
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Ideology and Healthcare
from Part III - Political Institutions and Health
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 May 2020
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Political Incentives in Healthcare Systems
- Part II The Political Contexts of Healthcare Policies
- Part III Political Institutions and Health
- 4 Constitutional Health System Design
- 5 Democracy and the Patient Citizen
- 6 Theory of Political Markets in Healthcare
- 7 Ideology and Healthcare
- Part IV Political Allocation in Healthcare
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A large body of the literature in social sciences has documented the influence of ideas on public policymaking. Policy innovation, policy transfer and imitation have been carefully examined for more than two decades (Rose, 2004). However, the evidence on how ideas influence health policymaking and the role of the different stakeholders is rarely included in the standard theoretical approaches of the political economy of health systems. This chapter will attempt to bring together some of these contributions, and identify the specific links with the political economy literature.
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- The Political Economy of Health and HealthcareThe Rise of the Patient Citizen, pp. 126 - 138Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020