title: The challenge of comparative health policy for political science.
abstract: After a brief review of the literature and some reflection on the state of the art, this paper argues that more analyses of health policy in an explicitly comparative perspective are needed. This conclusion is based on a discussion of the largely unexploited benefits that could accrue from a welding of political science and health services research and a consideration of a research design illustrating the compatibility of these two endeavors.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006285:Health Planning; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011057:Politics; D012040:Regional Health Planning