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Assignment: Policy Categories & Skillsets
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 CategoriesMajor Skills Disciplines Medical Economic/Financial Political Operational/Managerial QualityAccess XXXTechnical managementXX XInterpersonal relationshipsX XContinuity of careX X Measurement and reportingX XResource AvailabilityPersonnelXXX Technology Evidence-based medicineXX XProcess rationalizationXX XInformation systemsXX XPaymentInsurance/allocation of risk XX Motivating Patients and BuyersConsumer-oriented careXXXXMandated payments XX Price transparency XXMotivating ProvidersVolume Fee-for-service XXXCapitation/vouchers XX BundlingXXXXBudgets/salaries Pay-for-performanceXXXXPrice competition Antitrust XX Labor substitutionXXXXIncreased buyer power XX
1. Why do you think the authors suggested these classifications?
2. Beyond the authors' explanation of why they placed certain disciplines in each category, why aren't all disciplines include in each policy sub-category?
3. Why aren't medical skills disciplines needed in access and technology?
4. Why aren't economic skills disciplines needed in areas of price transparency and budgets/salaries?
5. Why are the specific major skills disciplines needed for certain categories of the policy analysis, but not for others?