International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Policy Capacity Meets Politics; Comment on “Health Reform Requires Policy Capacity”

Document Type : Commentary

Author
Patrick Fafard
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
10.15171/ijhpm.2015.134
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
Policy Capacity
Health Reform
Leadership
Health Politics
Subjects
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  • Received Date 07 July 2015
  • Revised Date 22 July 2015
  • Accepted Date 17 July 2015
  • First Published Date 01 October 2015
  • Published Date 01 October 2015