The relationship between ideas and public policy is of great contemporary interest. Yet due to the dearth of revolutionary countries in the 21st century and the difficulties of political research in such states, studies of the public policy process in the revolutionary state have not been conducted or at least not publicly reported. Iran is a unique case - a developing country; an Islamic state; and a contemporary populist revolutionary regime. This study addresses empirically the impact on selected health care policy and institutions of the development level, religious culture and...