Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
11-2003
Abstract
This article explores the extent to which yearly changes in health spending reflect yearly changes in public preferences. Time series modelling suggests that health care spending is remarkably more responsive to yearly changes in public opinion in the US than in the UK.A content analysis of party manifestos suggests the significant role of ‘issue definition’ in accounting for this difference. Health care issues in the US have more often been viewed as problems of expenditure, while UK policy-makers have tended to focus on efficiency. Results suggest that the responsiveness of health care expenditures to public preferences in the US and UK is linked to the way in which health care issues are differently defined by policy-makers.
Discipline
Health Policy | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Volume
5
Issue
4
First Page
576
Last Page
593
ISSN
1369-1481
Identifier
10.1111/1467-856X.00120
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
SOROKA, Stuart N., & LIM, Elvin T..(2003). Issue definition and the opinion-policy link: Public preferences and health care spending in the US and UK. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 5(4), 576-593.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2811
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-856X.00120