Qualitative methodologies in health-care priority setting research

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1163-1175

  Smith, Neale ^a   Mitton, Craig ^a   Peacock, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Narrative inquiry; Priority setting; Qualitative research; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

HEALTH PRIORITIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350760093     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1419     Document Type: Article

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