Table of Contents

Contents Tables Introduction The Research Question Explanations from the Literature The Research Method The Book 1. What Can This Approach Tell Us? 2. Canada Historical Influences and Legacies Canadian Health Care Reform Initiatives Theoretical Explanations and Canadian Health Policy 3. Australia Historical Influences and Legacies Australian Health Care Reform Initiatives Theoretical Explanations and Australian Health Policy 4. The United States Historical Influences and Legacies Division, Delay, and Private Entrenchment U.S. Health Care Reform Initiatives Theoretical Explanations and U.S. Health Policy 5. A Second, Systematic Approach The Theoretical Implications of the Three National Studies A Systematic Comparative Historical Method The Qualitative Comparative Analysis Results 6. Conclusions Theoretical Conclusions from the Traditional Study What the Systematic Study Adds So What? Limitations to the Study Directions for Future Research Appendices Appendix A. The Selection of Cases Appendix B. A Typology of Health Policy Outcomes Appendix C. The Choice of Causal Factors Appendix D. The Final Sixteen Factors and "Constants" Appendix E. A Short Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis Appendix F. Tables used in the QCA Notes Bibliography

About the Author

Pamela Behan is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston-Downtown.

Reviews

"This is an interesting, well-written, and thoughtful account of health care policy and American exceptionalism from a comparative perspective. Behan brings together a wealth of information to make a valuable contribution to the social policy/political sociology literature."