TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The risk-benefit balance in the United States: who decides?
JO  - Health affairs (Project Hope)
A1  - Graham, James
A1  - Hu, Jingwen
SP  - 625
EP  - 635
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0278-2715
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.625
ID  - ref1
ER  -