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 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. Table 1-1 Major Policy Categories Major Skills Disciplines Medical Economic/Financial Political Operational/Managerial Quality Access X X X Technical management X X X Interpersonal relationships X X Continuity of care X X Measurement and reporting X X Resource Availability Personnel X X X Technology Evidence-based medicine X X X Process rationalization X X X Information systems X X X Payment Insurance/allocation of risk X X Motivating Patients and Buyers Consumer-oriented care X X X X Mandated payments X X Price transparency X X Motivating Providers Volume Fee-for-service X X X Capitation/vouchers X X Bundling X X X X Budgets/salaries Pay-for-performance X X X X Price competition Antitrust X X Labor substitution X X X X Increased buyer power X X 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? Support your statements with scholarly references and appropriate examples.