More than the Affordable Care Act: Topics and Themes in Health Policy Research
本文梳理了美国卫生政策研究的五大主题（生物医学政策、公共卫生政策、卫生经济学、医疗政策、卫生信息学政策），并举例说明各主题如何相互影响，为研究者提供未来方向参考。
As debates in industrialized countries over the last century indicate, health care and the role of government in its provision are complex and contentious issues. This article provides an orientation to the variety of topics guiding research and discourse in U.S. health policy, as well as how those topical areas influence and engage each other. This paper introduces five prominent themes in health policy research, namely (i) biomedical policy, (ii) public health policy, (iii) health economics, (iv) health care policy, and (v) health informatics policy. It also provides specific examples from current scholarship. Broad themes that connect those lines of inquiry are highlighted with recommendations for future research.