Abstract
The term health care policy has a number of meanings to a variety of consumer and provider constituencies. At the macro level, health care policy refers to the actions of national, state, and/or local organizations related to the access and provision of health care, although “policy” may be set through inaction. Action-specific policies include, for example, legislation and regulations regarding Medicare reimbursement, federal agency decisions on how to allocate money earmarked for medical research, and local public laws and regulations affecting the treatment of indigent patients at tax-supported hospitals. Moreover, policy encompasses the joint actions of private and public agencies. Private organizations such as the American Medical Association, the American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society are integral parts of the loosely formed health policy in the United States today.
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Pol, L.G., Thomas, R.K. (1992). Demographic Change and Health Care Policy. In: The Demography of Health and Health Care. The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8012-6_12
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