Table 1. A Six-Question Framework for evaluating health policy.

1 What is the important (perhaps troublesome) trend related to health in Georgia? What is the shape of this trend over the past several years? 2 Who are the stakeholders concerned with the trend? 3 Why this trend (what is the cause, who is responsible)? 4 Where is there leverage (some policy) to address the underlying cause of the trend? 5 How will it work? How will it play out over time? How might unintended consequences occur? How might the policy positively or negatively impact   a Health status?   b State health spending?   c Health care system?   d Health equity? 6 When would the policy create an impact on health status? When would you see an improvement in some other indicators (i.e., spending, services)?