Fair reckoning: A qualitative investigation of responses to an economic health resource allocation survey

Health Expectations

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-185

  Giacomini, Mita ^a   Hurley, Jeremiah ^a,b   Dejean, Deirdre ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economics; Equity; Fairness; Qualitative methods; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896278947     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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