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)

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-856X.00120

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