Ethical priority setting for universal health coverage: Challenges in deciding upon fair distribution of health services

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Norheim, Ole F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Global health; Health economics; Health technology assessment; Priority setting; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RELIGION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MALE; MORALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MORALS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85007453601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0624-4     Document Type: Note

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