Using Evidence to Inform State Health Policy Making: Lessons from Four States Comparing Obamacare and Infant Mortality.

How does the use of evidence by policy makers differ for issues that are highly politicized compared to those that are not? Does the answer depend on whether the venue for policy making is the legislative or the executive branch? We explore these dynamics through state-level case studies of two diff...

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Published in:	Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 377 - 400
Main Authors:	Jones, David K., Louis, Christopher J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Duke University Press Jun2018
Subjects:	Florida Georgia Idaho Mississippi United States Infant mortality Health policy Policy sciences Practical politics Executives Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act State health plans Health insurance exchanges Prevention
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