The principle of distributing health care according to medical need is being challenged by
increasing costs. As a result, many countries have initiated a debate on the introduction of …

The unemployed in Sweden today have to relate to several types of benefit schemes. Apart
from the public unemployment insurance program, different workplaces are covered by …

Purpose–When new public management (NPM) emerged in the mid-1980s, most
governments such as New Zealand, Australia and Canada embraced it as a better way to …

Faced with the burden of musculoskeletal care in New Zealand, this study explores 19
participants' views on the drivers and barriers to developing musculoskeletal advanced …

The international community, under the auspices of the World Health Organization,
developed the landmark Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to curb the …

Background: Studies of long-term trends in the healthcare financing mix generally focus on a
dichotomous concept discerning public from private funding sources. More detailed …

This monograph applies Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework to two policymaking
episodes of implementing pay for performance in general practice, conducted in England …

Background: Musculoskeletal complaints accounts for 25% of New Zealand's total annual
health spending. Internationally, Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP) roles have …

This thesis, with the multiple streams framework (MSF) and the new institutionalism (NI) as
theoretical lenses, seeks to understand the factors that shape policy making and policy …

England and New Zealand introduced pay-for-performance schemes in their primary health
care systems, with incentives for general practitioners to achieve improved population …