Description
Book SynopsisDescribes how politics, public finance and management, and advances in research methods made the convergence of science and governance possible. This book widens into a sweeping history of central issues in research on health services and health governance during the past century.
Trade Review"This book will certainly be stimulating." Journal Of Family & Consumer Sciences "More than any scholar writing, Daniel Fox has set readers on that path of understanding." Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine "Comprehensive array of useful research." Health Affairs "Well-researched, well-documented, and well-written book... It deserves the close attention of policy makers and others interested in these issues." -- John L. Zeller Jama
Table of ContentsPreface: Converging Stories Acknowledgments 1. Why Convergence? Why Now? 2. Research on Health Services and the Politics of Health 3. The Competence of States in Health Policy 4. The Drug Effectiveness Review Project 5. Can Convergence be Sustained? Notes Index
