Multicriteria decision analysis for including health interventions in the universal health coverage benefit package in Thailand

Value in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 961-970

  Youngkong, Sitaporn ^a,b   Baltussen, Rob ^b   Tantivess, Sripen ^a   Mohara, Adun ^a   Teerawattananon, Yot ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

multicriteria decision analysis; priority setting; UC benefit package

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; AMFEBUTAMONE; AZATHIOPRINE; CEPEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENTECAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH; OMALIZUMAB; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN; TELBIVUDINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DENTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; THAILAND;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; THAILAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84866430965     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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