... introducing its own plans based around a model of long‐term care insurance (Hughes and Fu, 2011). In health care, a National Health Insurance scheme was introduced in 1994. This initiative was a significant step in Taiwanese social policy. The National Health Insurance scheme pooled existing schemes...

... as championing the positive opportunities promoted by the policy. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Disabled People Older People Self‐Directed Support Direct Payments Individual Budgets Social Policy topical theme Self-Directed Support: Watching out for the Pitfalls Ray Jones VISITING...

... situations will use information differently, count different kinds of information as evidence, and so exercise different styles of judgment. Evidence‐Based Policy Social Policy © MCB UP Limited 2002 special feature Can Policy Making be Evidence-Based? Perri 6 DIRECTOR, POLICY PROGRAMME...