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Comment
. 2015 Jul 22;4(10):707-8.
doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.134.

Policy Capacity Meets Politics: Comment on "Health Reform Requires Policy Capacity"

Patrick Fafard  1
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Comment

Policy Capacity Meets Politics: Comment on "Health Reform Requires Policy Capacity"

Patrick Fafard. Int J Health Policy Manag. .

Abstract

It is difficult to disagree with the general argument that successful health reform requires a significant degree of policy capacity or that all players in the policy game need to move beyond self-interested advocacy. However, an overly broad definition of policy capacity is a problem. More important perhaps, health reform inevitably requires not just policy capacity but political leadership and compromise.

Keywords: Health Politics; Health Reform; Leadership; Policy Capacity.

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  • Health reform requires policy capacity.
    Forest PG, Denis JL, Brown LD, Helms D. Forest PG, et al. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015 Apr 17;4(5):265-6. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.85. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015. PMID: 25905476 Free PMC article.

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