The process of updating the national list of health services in Israel: Is it legitimate? Is it fair?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-261

  Greenberg, Dan ^a   Siebzehner, Miriam I ^b   Pliskin, Joseph S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accountability for reasonableness; Decision making; Fairness; Resource allocation; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR REASONABLENESS; DANIELS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FAIRNESS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; SHORT TIME FRAMES; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; STRUCTURED REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS;

HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING;

ANALYSIS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); HEALTH SERVICE; ISRAEL; MASS MEDIUM; PERSONNEL; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARD;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; ISRAEL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 70350462240     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646230999016X     Document Type: Review

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