Edited by James W. Björkman, Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands and Professor of Public Administration and Development, Leiden State University, The Netherlands and Christa Altenstetter, Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center, The City University of New York, US

• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction James W. Björkman and Christa AltenstetterPART I HEALTH POLICY FOUNDATIONS: BASIC VALUES AND ORIENTATIONS1. A. Donabedian (1971), ‘Social Responsibility for Personal Health Services: An Examination of Basic Values’2.H.H. Hiatt (1975), ‘Protecting the Medical Commons: who is Responsible?’3. F.F.H. Rutten (1983), ‘Health Care Policy Today: Making Way for the Libertarians’4. B.L. Kirkman-Liff (1991), ‘Health Insurance Values and Implementation in the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany: An Alternative Path to Univesral Coverage’PART II CONTEXT OF HEALTH POLICY: SOCIO-ECONOMIC & POLITICAL FACTORS5.H. Kaufman (1966), ‘The Political Ingredient of Public Health Services: A Neglected Area of Research’6.S. Kelman (1975), ‘The Social Nature of the Definition Problem in Health’7.A. Wildavsky (1977), ‘Doing Better and Feeling Worse: The Political Pathology of Health Policy’8. R.G. Evans and G.L. Stoddart (1990), ‘Producing Health, Consuming Health Care’PART III THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: PILLARS AND PLAYERS9.R.R. Alford (1972), ‘The Political Economy of Health Care: Dynamics without Change’10.R. Stevens (1979), ‘The American Hospital in Historical Perspective’11. P. Starr (1982), ‘The Social Origins of Professional Sovereignty’12. J.W. Björkman (1989), ‘Politicizing Medicine and Medicalizing Politics: Physician Power in the United States’13. S. Steinmo and J. Watts (1995), ‘It’s the Institutions, Stupid! Why Comprehensive National Health Insurance Always Fails in America’PART IV COMPARATIVE HEALTH POLICY: CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATIONS14. C. Altenstetter and J.W. Björkman (1981), ‘Planning and Implementation: A Comparative Perspective on Health Policy’15. A.J. Heidenheimer, H. Heclo and C.T. Adams(1990), ‘Health Policy’16. M. Döhler (1991), ‘Policy Networks, Opportunity Structures and Neo-Conservative Reform Strategies in Health Policy’17. E.M. Immergut (1992), ‘Institutions of Representation and National Health Insurance Politics’18. David Wilsford (1995), ‘States Facing Interests: Struggles over Health Care Policy in Advanced, Industrial Democracies’PART V POLICY LEARNING: ASPIRATIONS AND LIMITATIONS19. M. Lerner, PhD (1977), ‘The Non-Health Services’ Determinants of Health Levels: Conceptualization and Public Policy Recommendations’20. L.D. Brown (1986), ‘Introduction to a Decade of Transition’21. W.C. Hsiao (1992), ‘Comparing Health Care Systems: What Nations can Learn from One Another’22. W.A Glaser (1993), ‘Universal Health Insurance That Really Works: Foreign Lessons for the United States’23. R. Klein (1995), ‘Learning from Others: Shall the Last be the First Markets’PART VI:HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES24. N. Milio (1981), ‘Measuring Prevention and its Worth: The Benefits of Health-Making Policy’25. J. Mendeloff (1983), ‘Measuring Elusive Benefits: On the Value of Health’26. A.Y. Ellencweig (1992), ‘Health Systems – A Critical Analysis of Existing and Suggested Models’27. J.W. Kingdon (1995), ‘The Policy Window, and Joining the Streams’28. M. Moran (1995), ‘Three Faces of the Health Care State’Name Index

'This useful library resource meets the editors' objective "to help analysts of all ages to comprehend the context of foundational values and socio-political factors undergirding health policy as well as to access actual policy making processes in comparative settings". It contains . . . delightful articles. . .'

Edited by James W. Björkman, Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands and Professor of Public Administration and Development, Leiden State University, The Netherlands and Christa Altenstetter, Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center, The City University of New York, US

• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction James W. Björkman and Christa AltenstetterPART I HEALTH POLICY FOUNDATIONS: BASIC VALUES AND ORIENTATIONS1. A. Donabedian (1971), ‘Social Responsibility for Personal Health Services: An Examination of Basic Values’2.H.H. Hiatt (1975), ‘Protecting the Medical Commons: who is Responsible?’3. F.F.H. Rutten (1983), ‘Health Care Policy Today: Making Way for the Libertarians’4. B.L. Kirkman-Liff (1991), ‘Health Insurance Values and Implementation in the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany: An Alternative Path to Univesral Coverage’PART II CONTEXT OF HEALTH POLICY: SOCIO-ECONOMIC & POLITICAL FACTORS5.H. Kaufman (1966), ‘The Political Ingredient of Public Health Services: A Neglected Area of Research’6.S. Kelman (1975), ‘The Social Nature of the Definition Problem in Health’7.A. Wildavsky (1977), ‘Doing Better and Feeling Worse: The Political Pathology of Health Policy’8. R.G. Evans and G.L. Stoddart (1990), ‘Producing Health, Consuming Health Care’PART III THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: PILLARS AND PLAYERS9.R.R. Alford (1972), ‘The Political Economy of Health Care: Dynamics without Change’10.R. Stevens (1979), ‘The American Hospital in Historical Perspective’11. P. Starr (1982), ‘The Social Origins of Professional Sovereignty’12. J.W. Björkman (1989), ‘Politicizing Medicine and Medicalizing Politics: Physician Power in the United States’13. S. Steinmo and J. Watts (1995), ‘It’s the Institutions, Stupid! Why Comprehensive National Health Insurance Always Fails in America’PART IV COMPARATIVE HEALTH POLICY: CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATIONS14. C. Altenstetter and J.W. Björkman (1981), ‘Planning and Implementation: A Comparative Perspective on Health Policy’15. A.J. Heidenheimer, H. Heclo and C.T. Adams(1990), ‘Health Policy’16. M. Döhler (1991), ‘Policy Networks, Opportunity Structures and Neo-Conservative Reform Strategies in Health Policy’17. E.M. Immergut (1992), ‘Institutions of Representation and National Health Insurance Politics’18. David Wilsford (1995), ‘States Facing Interests: Struggles over Health Care Policy in Advanced, Industrial Democracies’PART V POLICY LEARNING: ASPIRATIONS AND LIMITATIONS19. M. Lerner, PhD (1977), ‘The Non-Health Services’ Determinants of Health Levels: Conceptualization and Public Policy Recommendations’20. L.D. Brown (1986), ‘Introduction to a Decade of Transition’21. W.C. Hsiao (1992), ‘Comparing Health Care Systems: What Nations can Learn from One Another’22. W.A Glaser (1993), ‘Universal Health Insurance That Really Works: Foreign Lessons for the United States’23. R. Klein (1995), ‘Learning from Others: Shall the Last be the First Markets’PART VI:HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES24. N. Milio (1981), ‘Measuring Prevention and its Worth: The Benefits of Health-Making Policy’25. J. Mendeloff (1983), ‘Measuring Elusive Benefits: On the Value of Health’26. A.Y. Ellencweig (1992), ‘Health Systems – A Critical Analysis of Existing and Suggested Models’27. J.W. Kingdon (1995), ‘The Policy Window, and Joining the Streams’28. M. Moran (1995), ‘Three Faces of the Health Care State’Name Index

'This useful library resource meets the editors' objective "to help analysts of all ages to comprehend the context of foundational values and socio-political factors undergirding health policy as well as to access actual policy making processes in comparative settings". It contains . . . delightful articles. . .'

Edited by James W. Björkman, Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands and Professor of Public Administration and Development, Leiden State University, The Netherlands and Christa Altenstetter, Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center, The City University of New York, US

• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction James W. Björkman and Christa AltenstetterPART I HEALTH POLICY FOUNDATIONS: BASIC VALUES AND ORIENTATIONS1. A. Donabedian (1971), ‘Social Responsibility for Personal Health Services: An Examination of Basic Values’2.H.H. Hiatt (1975), ‘Protecting the Medical Commons: who is Responsible?’3. F.F.H. Rutten (1983), ‘Health Care Policy Today: Making Way for the Libertarians’4. B.L. Kirkman-Liff (1991), ‘Health Insurance Values and Implementation in the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany: An Alternative Path to Univesral Coverage’PART II CONTEXT OF HEALTH POLICY: SOCIO-ECONOMIC & POLITICAL FACTORS5.H. Kaufman (1966), ‘The Political Ingredient of Public Health Services: A Neglected Area of Research’6.S. Kelman (1975), ‘The Social Nature of the Definition Problem in Health’7.A. Wildavsky (1977), ‘Doing Better and Feeling Worse: The Political Pathology of Health Policy’8. R.G. Evans and G.L. Stoddart (1990), ‘Producing Health, Consuming Health Care’PART III THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: PILLARS AND PLAYERS9.R.R. Alford (1972), ‘The Political Economy of Health Care: Dynamics without Change’10.R. Stevens (1979), ‘The American Hospital in Historical Perspective’11. P. Starr (1982), ‘The Social Origins of Professional Sovereignty’12. J.W. Björkman (1989), ‘Politicizing Medicine and Medicalizing Politics: Physician Power in the United States’13. S. Steinmo and J. Watts (1995), ‘It’s the Institutions, Stupid! Why Comprehensive National Health Insurance Always Fails in America’PART IV COMPARATIVE HEALTH POLICY: CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATIONS14. C. Altenstetter and J.W. Björkman (1981), ‘Planning and Implementation: A Comparative Perspective on Health Policy’15. A.J. Heidenheimer, H. Heclo and C.T. Adams(1990), ‘Health Policy’16. M. Döhler (1991), ‘Policy Networks, Opportunity Structures and Neo-Conservative Reform Strategies in Health Policy’17. E.M. Immergut (1992), ‘Institutions of Representation and National Health Insurance Politics’18. David Wilsford (1995), ‘States Facing Interests: Struggles over Health Care Policy in Advanced, Industrial Democracies’PART V POLICY LEARNING: ASPIRATIONS AND LIMITATIONS19. M. Lerner, PhD (1977), ‘The Non-Health Services’ Determinants of Health Levels: Conceptualization and Public Policy Recommendations’20. L.D. Brown (1986), ‘Introduction to a Decade of Transition’21. W.C. Hsiao (1992), ‘Comparing Health Care Systems: What Nations can Learn from One Another’22. W.A Glaser (1993), ‘Universal Health Insurance That Really Works: Foreign Lessons for the United States’23. R. Klein (1995), ‘Learning from Others: Shall the Last be the First Markets’PART VI:HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES24. N. Milio (1981), ‘Measuring Prevention and its Worth: The Benefits of Health-Making Policy’25. J. Mendeloff (1983), ‘Measuring Elusive Benefits: On the Value of Health’26. A.Y. Ellencweig (1992), ‘Health Systems – A Critical Analysis of Existing and Suggested Models’27. J.W. Kingdon (1995), ‘The Policy Window, and Joining the Streams’28. M. Moran (1995), ‘Three Faces of the Health Care State’Name Index

'This useful library resource meets the editors' objective "to help analysts of all ages to comprehend the context of foundational values and socio-political factors undergirding health policy as well as to access actual policy making processes in comparative settings". It contains . . . delightful articles. . .'