HSA 3150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Aids, Immunodeficiency, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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There also must be potential solutions to the problems and the political will to enact specific legislation to implement those solutions. The breadth of problems that can initiate agenda setting is reflected in the broad range of health policies. The problems that eventually lead to the development of legislation are generally those that policymakers broadly identify as important and urgent. The second variable in agenda setting is the existence of possible solutions to problems. The availability of possible solutions depends on the generation of ideas, and, usually, a period of idea testing and refinement: while the menus of alternative solutions vary in size and quality, alternative solutions almost always exist. The role of research and analysis in defining problems and assessing alternatives. Problems that require decisions and alternative possible solution to them are two prerequisites for using the classical, rational model of decision making.
