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Healthcare reforms, inertia polarization and group influence

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  • Contandriopoulos, Damien
  • Brousselle, Astrid
  • Larouche, Catherine
  • Breton, Mylaine
  • Rivard, Michèle
  • Beaulieu, Marie-Dominique
  • Haggerty, Jeannie
  • Champagne, Geneviève
  • Perroux, Mélanie

Abstract

Healthcare systems performance is the focus of intense policy and media attention in most countries. Quebec (Canada) is no exception, where successive governments have struggled for decades with apparently intractable problems in care accessibility overall, poor performance, and rising costs. This article explores the underlying causes of the disconnection between the high salience of healthcare system dysfunctions in both media and policy debates and the lack of policy change likely to remedy those dysfunctions.

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  • Contandriopoulos, Damien & Brousselle, Astrid & Larouche, Catherine & Breton, Mylaine & Rivard, Michèle & Beaulieu, Marie-Dominique & Haggerty, Jeannie & Champagne, Geneviève & Perroux, Mélanie, 2018. "Healthcare reforms, inertia polarization and group influence," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(9), pages 1018-1027.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:122:y:2018:i:9:p:1018-1027
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.07.007
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