Tools of the trade: A comparative analysis of approaches to priority setting in healthcare

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-105

  Mitton, Craig ^a,b   Donaldson, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BUDGETS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0037570774     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148403321591410     Document Type: Review

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