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. Involve a direct choice of who will be served and who will be restricted Self-Regulatory Health Policies Involve restricting or controlling some matter or group Sought after and supported by the regulated group Health care provider licensure Redistributive Health Policies Deliberate efforts by the government to shift wealth, income, property, health care access, or rights to the have nots Disagreements between the liberals and conservatives Difficult to obtain and hard to retain Material Health Policies Material health policies provide tangible resources, power or advantages.