A strategy to improve priority setting in health care institutions

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-68

  Martin, Douglas K ^a   Singer, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical bioethics; Fairness; Improvement; Interdisciplinary research; Priority setting; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS;

EID: 0141563644     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025338013629     Document Type: Review

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