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This chapter provides an understanding of health policy and advocacy, the different types of policies, policy development issues as well as information about some of the key players who influence health policymaking. Advocacy can be an important part of health policy development and implementation, with various interest groups often advocating from different perspectives.
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Further information about value-based health care can be found at the Australian Centre for Value-Based Health Care, which was established by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. Their vision is for a healthy Australia, supported by the best possible health care system where health care is funded and delivered with a prime focus on outcomes achieved at an affordable cost for patients and the health system. In that sense, the use of value here is more akin to its use in the concept of a “value chain”, popularised by Michael Porter from Harvard. His Value Chain Analysis is a business management concept, outlined in his book Competitive Advantage (1985), and which he defines as “a collection of activities that are performed by a company to create value for its customers”.
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From Wikipedia “A mental model is an explanation of someone’s thought process about how something works in the real world.
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Alexander, J., McGirr, J., O’Donnell, J., Turner, M.B., Turnock, A. (2023). Health Policy and Advocacy. In: Loh, E., Long, P.W. (eds) Textbook of Medical Administration and Leadership. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5211-3_9
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