Ethics and economics: Does programme budgeting and marginal analysis contribute to fair priority setting?

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-37

  Gibson, Jennifer ^a   Mitton, Craig ^b   Martin, Douglas ^a   Donaldson, Cam ^c   Singer, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CANADA; CASE STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 30944457286     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.06.022     Document Type: Review

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