Journal article
The Seeds of Policy Change: Leveraging Diffusion to Disseminate Policy Innovations
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol.42(2), pp.285-307
04/2017
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-3766728
PMID: 28007799
Abstract
We conduct a series of simulations to compare how various strategies for seeding a policy in the American states affect the rate at which that policy spreads. Using empirically derived parameters of the policy diffusion process, we simulate the diffusion of a hypothetical policy after seeding the policy in just a handful of states. We compare these strategies to seeding the ten states the RWJF monitored during the states' implementation of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. We attempt to mimic the choices that policy advocates make when deciding which states to target with their resources. Our results indicate that focusing on innovative states, that is, those that tend to adopt new policies faster, offers a valuable boost in the speed of diffusion. Even better, though, is a strategy that targets policy leaders.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Seeds of Policy Change: Leveraging Diffusion to Disseminate Policy Innovations
- Creators
- Frederick J Boehmke - University of IowaAbigail Matthews Rury - University of IowaBruce A Desmarais - Pennsylvania State UniversityJeffrey J Harden - University of Notre Dame
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol.42(2), pp.285-307
- DOI
- 10.1215/03616878-3766728
- PMID
- 28007799
- NLM abbreviation
- J Health Polit Policy Law
- ISSN
- 0361-6878
- eISSN
- 1527-1927
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2017
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive); Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983921854002771
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