Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

The health care bureaucracy: small changes, big consequences

J A Morone1

  • 1Brown University.

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
|January 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

US health policy shifts created a constrained medical profession and powerful bureaucracy. This bureaucratic health care regime contrasts with democratic principles seen in other nations, impacting medical practice and health politics.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Back to school: a health care strategy for youth.

Health affairs (Project Hope)·2001
Same author

Citizens or shoppers? Solidarity under siege.

Journal of health politics, policy and law·2000
Same author

Populists in a global market.

Journal of health politics, policy and law·2000
Same author

Enemies of the people: the moral dimension to public health.

Journal of health politics, policy and law·1997
Same author

Nativism, hollow corporations, and managed competition: why the Clinton health care reform failed.

Journal of health politics, policy and law·1995
Same author

Health policies in Europe: welfare states in a market era.

Journal of health politics, policy and law·1995

Area of Science:

  • Health Policy Analysis
  • Medical Sociology

Background:

  • Decade-long administrative shifts in health policy.
  • Increasing constraints on the medical profession.
  • Growing power of the healthcare bureaucracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the reasons behind the development of a bureaucratic healthcare regime in the US.
  • To explore the consequences of this regime for health policy and medical practice.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of health policy trends.
  • Comparative analysis with industrialized nations.
  • Examination of the balance between professional norms and bureaucratic control.

Main Results:

  • The US is developing a unique bureaucratic healthcare system.
  • This contrasts with the democratic principles balancing professional norms in other industrialized nations.
  • Significant ramifications for healthcare politics and the practice of medicine.

Conclusions:

  • Administrative changes have led to a more bureaucratic US healthcare system.
  • This bureaucratic shift impacts the medical profession and health policy.
  • Understanding these changes is crucial for future healthcare reform.

Related Experiment Videos