THE RURAL EFFICIENCY GUIDE
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 HEALTH AND HEALTH POLICY HEALTH DEFINED DEFINING HEALTH POLICY FORMS OF HEALTH POLICIES CATEGORIES OF HEALTH POLICIES THE IMPACT OF HEALTH POLICY ON HEALTH DETERMINANTS AND HEALTH SUMMARY CASE STUDY: U S HOSPITALS AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 CHAPTER 2 THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH POLICYMAKING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENTS AT ALL THREE LEVELS MAKE HEALTH POLICY THE HEALTH POLICY MARKET DEMANDERS AND SUPPLIERS OF HEALTH POLICIES INTERPLAY AMONG DEMANDERS AND SUPPLIERS IN POLICY MARKETS CHAPTER 3 THE PROCESS OF HEALTH POLICYMAKING CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND THEORIES OF POLICYMAKING A CORE MODEL OF THE PUBLIC POLICYMAKING PROCESS FORMULATION PHASE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE MODIFICATION PHASE KEY FEATURES OF THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS CHAPTER 4 THE ROLE OF COURTS IN HEALTH POLICY AND POLICYMAKING THE CORE ROLES OF COURTS STRUCTURE OF THE JUDICIAL BRANCH FUNCTIONING OF THE COURTS COURTS ACTING AS REFEREES COURTS ACTING AS MEANING GIVERS COURTS ACTING AS RIGHTS ENFORCERS CHAPTER 5 POLICY FORMULATION: AGENDA SETTING AGENDA SETTING INTEREST GROUP INVOLVEMENT IN AGENDA SETTING THE INFLUENTIAL ROLE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES IN AGENDA SETTING THE NATURE OF THE HEALTH POLICY AGENDA CHAPTER 6 POLICY FORMULATION: DEVELOPMENT OF LEGISLATION THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF LEGISLATION DEVELOPMENT ORIGINATING AND DRAFTING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS INTRODUCING AND REFERRING PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO COMMITTEES HOUSE OR SENATE FLOOR ACTION ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTIONS ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION PRESIDENTIAL ACTION ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION LEGISLATION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FEDERAL BUDGET LEGISLATION DEVELOPMENT FOR STATE BUDGETS FROM FORMULATION TO IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER 7 POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY IMPLEMENTATION CMS AS AN EXEMPLAR IMPLEMENTING AGENCY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AS POLICYMAKING, BUT WITH A MANAGEMENT ASPECT CHAPTER 8 POLICY IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES: DESIGNING, RULEMAKING, OPERATING, AND EVALUATING DESIGNING RULEMAKING OPERATING EVALUATING CHAPTER 9 POLICY MODIFICATION DISTINGUISHING POLICY MODIFICATION FROM POLICY INITIATION MEDICARE: A LONG HISTORY OF POLICY MODIFICATION IN PRACTICE INCREMENTALISM IN POLICYMAKING MECHANICS OF THE MODIFICATION PHASE PARTICIPANTS IN ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT PLAY ROLES IN MODIFICATION MODIFICATION OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS CHAPTER 10 BUILDING POLICY COMPETENCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS POLICY COMPETENCE DEFINED THE ETHICS OF INFLUENCING POLICYMAKING POLICY COMPETENCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: INFLUENCING POLICYMAKING OBSERVING TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC POLICY INFORMATION THAT IS POSSIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE PROFESSIONAL ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFIED PUBLIC POLICY INFORMATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL MONITORING THE PUBLIC POLICY INFORMATION IDENTIFIED AS IMPORTANT FORECASTING THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY INFORMATION INFLUENCING POLICYMAKING USING ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS TO INCREASE INFLUENCE IN POLICYMAKING THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY ENVIRONMENTS