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The Study on Medical Privatization Policy Change through ACF and Policy Network Model

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2015, 26(2), pp.385-414
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

전진석 1 Lee Sun Young 1

1가톨릭대학교

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ABSTRACT

Using ACPN model as the research framework that combines Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and Policy Network Framework (PNF), this study explored a medical privatization policy change in Korea. There are two different views about the health care. One is understood as the industry to enhance national competitiveness and the other is recognized as the public welfare. The policy change process of medical privatization since 2002 was firstly classified into three periods that incubate, express, and intensify policy conflict. Secondly this study explored relatively stable and dynamic variables that have greatly affected on the medical privatization policy. Thirdly this study perceived advocacy coalitions from a variety of networks that are formed by the policy actors’ interaction, and analyzed belief systems of the pros and the cons in terms of the health care privatization. Finally, the future medical privatization policy is discussed that might be resulted from conflict, bargaining and negotiation of those advocacy coalitions. Recently the health care policy entered upon a new phase in the middle of being brought up for the need of distance treatment with serious MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) situation as momentum.

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