Discuss who some of the major public/government sector health policy actors are in the US. What makes them major policy actors?
Answer :
Policy actors: means any individual or group that is directly or indirectly , formally or informally affiliated with the policy processes. It includes governments, non governmental organizations, communities and individuals.
Health policy : it is a complex process it maintained to attain highest possible level of good health and well-being through preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative care.
Government sector health policy actors in USA :
Mainly it includes
1. Content
2. Context
3. Process
* in content the government sector health policy may maintain formulating objectives and policy design, specific mechanisms to do the actions, or to provide health care activities, and setting a implementation plans, to implement the care to the clients.
* context include situational, structural, cultural, exogenous .
According to the situations, and cultural beliefs, and factors the government sector health policy may acts.
* process includeds stages, strategies, dealing with actors.
Here actors are
* stake holders ( individuals or groups)
* interests and concerns
* influence and power
These are major health care policy actors.
Stake holders are the persons and investors in health care policy. Here the individuals and groups who will provide and who will utilize the health care services.
Interests and concerns are also important in health care policy system, according to the individual or group interest and by asking their decision the public health care system may provide health care services to them.
Influence And power also included in the actors of government sector health policy, that means it includes rules and regulations, subordinates and superiors, and formal and informal works.
The government sector and by the perfect implementation of the content, context, process, the actors will be effective.
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