Policy researchers have used various categories of variables to explain why policies
change, including those related to institutions, interests and ideas. Recent research has paid …

Any effort to improve health system performance must address the challenges of policy
implementation. This article examines one aspect of implementation—the politics of policy …

Purpose Policymakers often mandate and regulate the network formation to tackle complex
issues of public interest. However, the imposed legal, procedural, and political constraints …

This article examines a detailed case study of implementation networks in England using the
example of the relocation of the Norfolk and Norwich hospital, which became a flagship PFI …

Explaining policy change has been one of the major concerns of the health care politics and
policy development literature. This article aims to explain the specific dynamics of large …

Following the financial crisis, Bismarckian health systems underwent some major reforms.
This article analyzes under which conditions major reforms occurred. To do so, it …

In recent years there has been a growth in the number of independent health policy analysis
institutes in low-and middle-income countries which has occurred in response to the …

Health policies result from a complex interplay between social, political, physical, ecological,
biological, cultural, technical and economic factors (Atkins et al. 2005; Clancy and Cronin …

This Reader is a boon to all those interested in health policy analysis. It offers much: a
historical overview of how the field developed; a description of what health policy is and how …

The paper addresses five constructs of policy making: policy curtain, iron triangle, issue
network, policy community and an iron duet. The five constructs are distinguished on the …