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The baby boom population has entered middle age. In addition many people, especially women, are living into old age. These are large population cohorts that are politically engaged. Also there is money to be made by commercial stakeholders in responding to the health risks of these women. The definition of women's health care needs has changed in the past decade. Traditionally the defining characteristics of women's health policy were reproduction, childbearing, & a woman's role as a sexual partner. Today, it also includes the way that different diseases affect women & the best way to reach women at risk for a wide range of conditions, eg, heart disease, cancer, & depression. 2 Tables, 1 Appendix, 55 References. Adapted from the source document.

The need for priority setting in health care policy arises because ambitions outrun the resources available to satisfy them. This classic economic problem has to be solved by comparing the costs & benefits of each policy option, with costs referring to real resources & benefits that have to be foregone in taking an action. Being efficient means ensuring both that these sacrifices are minimized, & that they are not more valuable than the expected benefits. In the context of health care policy, the benefits are improvements in people's health, which is taken to be their quality-adjusted life expectancy. Typically health policy is concerned both with the overall level of health & with its distribution among the population. The health-related quality of life of a population needs to be measured by some generic preference-based instrument that takes into account the values of the entire population. Accountability can best be served by the quantification of policy formulation & performance. 12 References. Adapted from the source document.

This article reviews the changes in mental health policy in England under the jurisdiction of New Labour governments between 1997 and 2007. These are considered in relation to recurring policy questions about: the structures and processes involved in responding to mental health problems; professional jurisdiction for mental health problems; the conditions under which mental disorder should be lawfully controlled; links with wider health and welfare policy changes; and the enhancement of mental health in the population. Distinctions are made in the analysis between continuities about this policy agenda and the particular features linked to the period under consideration, initiated or responded to by government.