HLSC 3P21 Chapter 1: Issues in Health Policy - Chapter 1 (up to pg 45)
15 Feb 2017
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Issues in health policy week 1 readings (chapter 1) concepts for the policy analyst. Politics (cid:862)autho(cid:396)itati(cid:448)e allo(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es(cid:863); (cid:449)ho gets (cid:449)hat, (cid:449)he(cid:374) a(cid:374)d ho(cid:449) Made by non-government actors as well as government. Patients are not assigned doctors and are free to choose their providers; in contrast teachers are assigned to schools and students are assigned to schools (high school/elementary) Policy is intention rather than solutions; policy often does not create solutions but new problems which are preferred to the old ones. Institutions not only the structures that are used to make decisions but the rules within it. First past the post most votes win the seat (favours two party systems [splits the vote] and geographically centered) Proportional representation link percentage to number of seats awarded (proliferation of parties and coalition governments) Preferential ballots ranked ballots where if winner does not get majority, then votes from second are reallocated, and so on. Chief executive (president, prime minister, premier, etc)
