Aversion to health inequalities in healthcare prioritisation: A multicriteria optimisation perspective

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 164-173

  Morton, Alec ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Healthcare prioritisation; Healthcare resource allocation; Mathematical programming; Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECISION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INEQUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE PRIORITISATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84900020029     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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