Priority-setting and rationing in healthcare: Evidence from the English experience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2386-2393

  Robinson, Suzanne ^a   Williams, Iestyn ^b   Dickinson, Helen ^b   Freeman, Tim ^b   Rumbold, Benedict ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Education England   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Disinvestment; England; Healthcare; Primary care; Priority setting; Rationing; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; INCENTIVE; LEADERSHIP; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869503650     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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