In 2006, the Netherlands embarked upon an ambitious reform of the Dutch health care
system based upon the principles of regulated competition. Some 15 years later, it is an …

Context History helps us to better understand the particulars of the form and functions of
institutions. In this paper we present the case study of the evolution of health care financing …

While policy‐makers in many jurisdictions are paying increasing attention to health
workforce issues, human resources remain at best only partially aligned with population …

Background Primary care, and its transformation into Primary Health Care (PHC), has
become an area of intense policy interest around the world. As part of this trend Alberta …

Objectives This paper presents an overview of the vaccination policy responses to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark, Canada, and the United States until September 1, 2021 …

A range of conceptual models for understanding the policy process have been applied to the
health policy process, largely in particular sub areas or policy domains such as public …

Recent work on health system strengthening suggests that a combination of leadership and
policy capacity is essential to achieve transformation and improvement. Policy capacity and …

What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about
policy design as well as in discussions about the right political institutions for a country. It …

Prior research on consultants in policymaking described their expanding policy involvement
and impact. This research focuses on consultants' policy formulation roles and on how and …

The Sláintecare report developed by political consensus sets out a ten year plan for
achieving Universal Health Care (UHC) in Ireland. This paper evaluates the design and …