Clarifying efficiency-equity tradeoffs through explicit criteria, with a focus on developing countries

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-51

  James, Chris ^a   Carrin, Guy ^a   Savedoff, William ^b   Hanvoravongchai, Piya ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Social Insight   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Criteria; Developing countries; Efficiency; Equity; Priority setting; Weighting

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 17844389896     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-005-2568-2     Document Type: Review

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