The voluntary sector and health policy: The role of national level health consumer and patients' organisations in the UK
The voluntary sector and health policy: The role of national level health consumer and patients' organisations in the UK
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.016
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Jones, Kathryn
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作者：
Baggott, Rob;Jones, Kathryn
本文探讨了健康消费者和患者组织 (HCPO) 的政策作用，它是英国自愿医疗部门的一个重要子集。本文根据两项调查的研究结果，探讨了 HCPO 的活动、资源和联系方式。它还评估它们对卫生政策和改革的影响。有一些证据表明 HCPO 可以影响政策和改革。然而，这在很大程度上取决于他们与其他政策参与者（包括其他 HCPO）建立的联盟、资源和领导力。 HCPO 对政策细节的影响似乎比对行进方向的影响更大。此外，参与政策流程的 HCPO 可能会产生潜在的不利后果，这可能部分解释了为什么有些人对这种参与持谨慎态度。例如，HCPO 可能会受到政府和其他强大的政策参与者（例如卫生专业人员和制药行业）的操纵。 (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
This article explores the policy role of health consumer and patients' organisations (HCPOs), an important subset of the UK voluntary health sector. Based on research findings from two surveys, the article examines the activities, resources and contacts of HCPOs. It also assesses their impact on health policy and reform. There is some evidence that HCPOs can influence policy and reform. However, much depends on the alliances they build with other policy actors (including other HCPOs), their resources and leadership. HCPOs seem to have more impact on the detail of policy than on the direction of travel. In addition, there are potentially adverse consequences for HCPOs that do engage with the policy process, which may partly explain why some are wary of such involvement. For example, it is possible that HCPOs can be manipulated by government and other powerful policy actors such as health professionals and the drugs industry. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.