{"title":"State health manpower planning in the 1980s.","authors":"E S Carpenter, D Seidman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the importance of the state role in health manpower, past studies have documented fragmentation of effort, isolation of health manpower planning from other health policy channels and a relatively low level of interest in manpower issues on the part of state and local health planners. In evaluating the current capabilities of state level agencies to undertake increased responsibility for health manpower planning, this paper: 1) assesses the level of interest and involvement of state health planning and development agencies (SHPDAs) in health manpower planning; 2 (examines health manpower policy issues in states as evidenced in state health plans; and 3) describes the policy environment in which state health manpower planning is currently conducted.</p>","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 3-4","pages":"139-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21129988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of an evaluation of hospital accreditation.","authors":"S J Duckett, E M Coombs","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One of the conditions under which public hospitals in New South Wales were allowed to participate in the Hospital accreditation program was that the program itself be evaluated. The evaluation was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek Michigan, USA. This article describes the principle results of the evaluation and assesses the impact that the evaluation had on the program and relevant decision makers.</p>","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 3-4","pages":"199-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21129995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B J Burns, I D Goldberg, J Hankin, E W Hoeper, A M Jacobson, D A Regier
{"title":"Uses of ambulatory health/mental health utilization data in organized health care settings.","authors":"B J Burns, I D Goldberg, J Hankin, E W Hoeper, A M Jacobson, D A Regier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A follow-up assessing uses of findings from NIMH-supported research on health and mental health services utilization in organized health care settings revealed a range of applications across the study sites. The research, conducted primarily for national policy purposes, had an impact on study sites in the following areas: clinician perceptions and attitudes about mental health services provided; program directions; fiscal policy; and further related research. Research team composition and dissemination of study findings are discussed in relation to the applications made.</p>","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 3-4","pages":"169-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21129993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Block grants for health: a brief history of presidential initiatives.","authors":"M A Pond","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 3-4","pages":"180-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21166426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"National Center for Health Services Research--reorganization.","authors":"C R Gaus","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 3-4","pages":"135-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21129989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patterns of doctoral education among nurses and the development of nursing as a profession.","authors":"M Skoner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 3-4","pages":"157-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21129991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Freedom of choice\" laws: empirical evidence of their contribution to competition in mental health care delivery.","authors":"R G Frank","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Freedom of Choice laws have been forwarded as laws which enhance consumer choice and efficient functioning of markets for mental health services. The name of these laws constitute a misnomer, because they serve to force consumers to buy a specific type of insurance coverage. Nevertheless, under a specific set of markets conditions, the implementation of Freedom of Choice laws may increase competition and improve efficiency in the market. Empirical estimates are reported of the effect on prices of this legislation.</p>","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 2","pages":"79-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21131390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The utilization of research in the national health policy debate: a case example.","authors":"V Salter, P E Enterline","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 1","pages":"53-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21124742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The new health policy: promises and pitfalls.","authors":"T R Marmor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our past health care policies--policies relating to provision of services, development of medical resources, public financing of care, and regulation--constitute a legacy greatly affecting our future. A new health policy must accommodate the political, social, and economic manifestations of that legacy. In the coming decade, the health care policy debate will be dominated by the reinvigorated champions of \"competition.\" The banner of pro-competitive reform could be used to cloak changes in programs that give at best nominal help to alternative practice forms, and at worst simply force consumers to bear greater proportions of the cost of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 2","pages":"70-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21131389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The University Health Policy Consortium's Center for Health Policy Analysis and Research.","authors":"S S Wallack","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 1978, the University Health Policy Consortium, composed of Boston University, Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, established the Center for Health Policy Analysis and Research for the purpose of conducting relevant policy analyses and short-term research projects for the Health Care Financing Administration. The center has completed more than fifty analytical works since its inception and concentrates its research in three major health care areas: the financing and organization of long-term care, medical care quality, and acute care financing. The flexibility of the Center's organizational structure allows the staff of the three cooperating universities to pursue new topics while maintaining an interdisciplinary approach to emerging public policy problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":79938,"journal":{"name":"Health policy quarterly","volume":"2 2","pages":"124-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21131388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}