Publication details
Brokering Health Policy: The Case Of Czech Republic Healthcare Reform
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Public Policy and Administration: Challenges and Synergies |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Management and administrative |
| Keywords | healhcare system; interest groups;healthcare reform |
| Description | With respect to an experience from a healthcare reform process in the Czech Republic, the authors (corresponding to similar views of other authors) assume failing healthcare reforms to be explained by studying the roles and positions of key interest groups (healthcare providers, insurance funds, pharmaceutical industry, etc.) in the healthcare sector. From this point of view, a successful reform policy has to take into consideration not only objective concepts (such as need, access, quality and/or cost control) but also the level of satisfaction of each key interest group involved in the service delivery. The aim of the paper is (1) to reveal economic interests of the principal Czech healthcare sector actors, (2) deduce whether the latest reform proposal could be successful. |