@article{ref1,
title="The risk-benefit balance in the United States: who decides?",
journal="Health affairs (Project Hope)",
year="2007",
author="Graham, James and Hu, Jingwen",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="625-635",
abstract="A health policy decision often requires a balancing of risks, costs, and benefits. In this paper we illustrate that there is no uniform answer in the United States to the question of who decides the risk-benefit balance. We use a wide range of case examples from medicine and public health to show the different approaches that are used to allocate decision-making responsibility. Our ultimate purpose is to urge the U.S. health policy community to develop a more consistent way of thinking about how risk-benefit decisions could be guided by general principles.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-2715",
doi="10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.625",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.625"
}