ISRAELS HEALTH-POLICY BREAKTHROUGH - THE POLITICS OF REFORM AND THE REFORM OF POLITICS

Authors
CHINITZ D
Citation
D. Chinitz, ISRAELS HEALTH-POLICY BREAKTHROUGH - THE POLITICS OF REFORM AND THE REFORM OF POLITICS, Journal of health politics, policy and law, 20(4), 1995, pp. 909-932
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal","Heath Policy & Services","Social Issues
Journal title
Journal of health politics, policy and law → ACNP
ISSN journal
03616878
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
909 - 932
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-6878(1995)20:4<909:IHB-TP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
After decades of attempts, Israel has enacted a national health insura nce law and begun to substantially change its health care system. I ex plore the conditions that enabled final passage of the law in light of theories of nonincremental change in pluralist policy systems. I also discuss the implications of this policy breakthrough for links betwee n policy subsystems, leadership, and the establishment of a new policy equilibrium.