<strong>The Health Care Policy Process</strong> enables the reader to develop a clearunderstanding of the scope and objectives of health policy studies to analy... » 

The Health Care Policy Process enables the reader to develop a clearunderstanding of the scope and objectives of health policy studies to analyzethe extent to which policies can be changed or influenced by those involved atthe different stages of the policy process and to assess both the need and thescope for change. The author considers the relationship between planning andpolicy looks at key concepts in analyzing health care issues and examinessome of the debates overshadowing todays health policy agenda. «