Setting healthcare priorities at the macro and meso levels: A framework for evaluation

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 719-732

  Barasa, Edwine W ^a,b   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,c   English, Mike ^a,d   Cleary, Susan ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communitarianism; Healthcare rationing; Priority setting; Priority setting evaluation; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; STANDARDS;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS;

EID: 85001996758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.167     Document Type: Review

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