Policy Design: A Case Study of Long-Term Care Policy
Yu-Ying Kuo *
Abstract
Along with democratic politics, liberal economy, and plural society, governments at all levels face various problems, claims, and values proposed by different interest groups, making policy implementation even more complicated. In order to carry out public policies, policy design gains its importance through the function of PD = E (O, T, A, S) + L (t, r, a), indicating the elements(E) of policy outcome(O), target group(T), agency(A), statue(S) and the linkage(L) of tool(t), regulation(r), and assumption(a). The paper elaborates on the application of policy design in the area of long-term care policy to demonstrate the crucial influence of target groups and emphasize the connection between policy design and policy implementation.
Keywords: policy design, long-term care policy, policy implementation, target group
* Professor, Department of Public Policy and Management, Shih Hsin University, e-mail: yykuo@mail.shu.edu.tw.