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‘Don't try this at home’: health policy lessons for the NHS from the United States
Author(s) -
Walshe Kieran
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00322
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , health care , healthcare system , health policy , social policy , public administration , public relations , political science , sociology , law , geography , archaeology
The US healthcare system is fragmented, chaotic and wasteful, and prevailing American social values and attitudes to health and healthcare are profoundly different from those found in the United Kingdom. Even so, there are many useful ideas and important lessons to be drawn from the US experience. The transfer of policy ideas and innovations needs, however, to take account of the differences in culture and context.