Title of article
A New Synthesis in Search of Synthesizing Agents; Comment on “A New Synthesis”
Author/Authors
Grignon، Michel نويسنده ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2014
Pages
2
From page
143
To page
144
Abstract
In a recent editorial in this journal Pierre-Gerlier Forest foretells a coming revolution in health policy based on the synthesis of four conceptual innovations and one technological breakthrough. As much as I agree with the intellectual story told in this editorial I present a more skeptical view of the effect of paradigm shifts on healthcare systems on the ground. I argue that ideas triumph when times are ripe and times are ripe in health policy when payers and providers can find a compromise between the need to value what providers do and their professional autonomy. I also argue that autonomy is a product of the market: patients value autonomy and prefer doctors to insurers.
Journal title
International Journal of Health Policy and Management(IJHPM)
Serial Year
2014
Journal title
International Journal of Health Policy and Management(IJHPM)
Record number
1175239
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