The table below is taken from your textbook, Health Policy Analysis: An Interdis
The table below is taken from your textbook, Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach. This table outlines major policy categories and the skills needed to deal with each.
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Major Policy CategoriesMajor Skills Disciplines
Medical Economic/Financial Political Operational/Managerial
Quality
Access XXX
Technical managementXX X
Interpersonal relationshipsX X
Continuity of careX X
Measurement and reportingX X
Resource Availability
PersonnelXXX
Technology
Evidence-based medicineXX X
Process rationalizationXX X
Information systemsXX X
Payment
Insurance/allocation of risk XX
Motivating Patients and Buyers
Consumer-oriented careXXXX
Mandated payments XX
Price transparency XX
Motivating Providers
Volume
Fee-for-service XXX
Capitation/vouchers XX
BundlingXXXX
Budgets/salaries
Pay-for-performanceXXXX
Price competition
Antitrust XX
Labor substitutionXXXX
Increased buyer power XX
Why do you think the authors suggested these classifications?
Beyond the authors’ explanation of why they placed certain disciplines in each category, why aren’t all disciplines include in each policy sub-category?
Why aren’t medical skills disciplines needed in access and technology?
Why aren’t economic skills disciplines needed in areas of price transparency and budgets/salaries?
Why are the specific major skills disciplines needed for certain categories of the policy analysis, but not for others?
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