Priority setting in healthcare: Towards guidelines for the program budgeting and marginal analysis framework

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-552

  Peacock, Stuart J ^a,b,c   Mitton, Craig ^c,d   Ruta, Danny ^e   Donaldson, Cam ^f   Bate, Angela ^f   Hedden, Lindsay ^a,b,c  

^a Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation   (Canada)

^e NHS Lewisham and Lewisham Council   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health economics; marginal analysis; priority setting; program budgeting

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BUDGETS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS;

EID: 77958174719     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erp.10.66     Document Type: Review

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