Longer hospital stays after delivery.
Positive and Negative Health policy is positive when a problem is identified and action is taken. Health policy is negative when a problem is identified and officials decline to act on the problem. Most health policy is formed by compromise Effects of Health Policy Few health policies make everyone better off Most incorporate biases in favor of some group and disadvantage others. Includes laws that create administrative agencies Procedural policies may have impact on the development of substantive policy. Regulatory Health Policies Impose restrictions or limitations on behavior.