The path to universal health insurance : institutional layering of healthcare financing reforms in Singapore, 1990-2015

This paper studies healthcare financing reforms in Singapore from 1990 to 2015 via institutional layer-ing. Conceptualized by Eric Schindler and popularized by Kathleen Ann Thelen, institutional layering has held its own weight in the literature on gradual forms of institutional change, bridging the...

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Main Author: Ong, Min Li
Other Authors: Kei Koga
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2017
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-697072019-12-10T14:32:08Z The path to universal health insurance : institutional layering of healthcare financing reforms in Singapore, 1990-2015 Ong, Min Li Kei Koga School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Business::International business::Policy DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia::Singapore This paper studies healthcare financing reforms in Singapore from 1990 to 2015 via institutional layer-ing. Conceptualized by Eric Schindler and popularized by Kathleen Ann Thelen, institutional layering has held its own weight in the literature on gradual forms of institutional change, bridging the gaps be-tween punctuated equilibrium models and path dependence. This study attempts to add to the empiri-cal body of work on institutional layering, paying particular attention to the socio-political conditions favorable for incremental institutional change to occur. It begins with an overview of the place of in-stitutional layering in the theoretical field on institutional change and follows to explain why and how layering has occurred in the field of healthcare financing reforms from 1990 to 2015. The paper con-cludes with a discussion on the implications for future reform. Tags: Comparative public policy, Healthcare financing, MediShield Life, Institutional layering Bachelor of Arts 2017-03-20T07:19:37Z 2017-03-20T07:19:37Z 2017 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69707 en Nanyang Technological University 29 p. application/pdf
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Ong, Min Li
The path to universal health insurance : institutional layering of healthcare financing reforms in Singapore, 1990-2015
description This paper studies healthcare financing reforms in Singapore from 1990 to 2015 via institutional layer-ing. Conceptualized by Eric Schindler and popularized by Kathleen Ann Thelen, institutional layering has held its own weight in the literature on gradual forms of institutional change, bridging the gaps be-tween punctuated equilibrium models and path dependence. This study attempts to add to the empiri-cal body of work on institutional layering, paying particular attention to the socio-political conditions favorable for incremental institutional change to occur. It begins with an overview of the place of in-stitutional layering in the theoretical field on institutional change and follows to explain why and how layering has occurred in the field of healthcare financing reforms from 1990 to 2015. The paper con-cludes with a discussion on the implications for future reform. Tags: Comparative public policy, Healthcare financing, MediShield Life, Institutional layering
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title The path to universal health insurance : institutional layering of healthcare financing reforms in Singapore, 1990-2015
title_short The path to universal health insurance : institutional layering of healthcare financing reforms in Singapore, 1990-2015
title_full The path to universal health insurance : institutional layering of healthcare financing reforms in Singapore, 1990-2015
title_fullStr The path to universal health insurance : institutional layering of healthcare financing reforms in Singapore, 1990-2015
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