Priority setting in health authorities: A novel approach to a historical activity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1653-1663

  Mitton, Craig ^a   Patten, San ^a   Waldner, Howard ^a   Donaldson, Cam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action research; Marginal analysis; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PRIORITIZATION;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA;

EID: 0042926661     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00549-X     Document Type: Article

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