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Many countries have large future public liabilities attributable to health care programs. However, little explicit analysis exists about how health care policies affect these program liabilities. We analyze how reimbursement and approval policies affect public liabilities through their impact on...

The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 was heralded with great expectations as a means to increase protection for children from the adverse effects of pesticides. However, its implementation has not yet created a sufficient structure to significantly protect children from harmful pesticide...

Many countries have large future public liabilities attributable to health care programs. However, little explicit analysis exists about how health care policies affect these program liabilities. We analyze how reimbursement and approval policies affect public liabilities through their impact on...

Unwanted outcomes of Colombia’s 1993 health reform produced a marked escalation of health rights litigation, and coincided with deregulation of Colombia’s health sector, in areas such as pharmaceutical pricing and the updating of the basket of health services. The result was considerable...