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- Title
The Seeds of Policy Change: Leveraging Diffusion to Disseminate Policy Innovations.
- Authors
Boehmke, Frederick J.; Matthews Rury, Abigail; Desmarais, Bruce A.; Harden, Jeffrey J.
- 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.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH policy; STATE governments; DIFFUSION of innovations; MATHEMATICAL models; RESEARCH funding; THEORY; PATIENT Protection &; Affordable Care Act
- Publication
Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law, 2017, Vol 42, Issue 2, p285
- ISSN
0361-6878
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/03616878-3766728