Rationing in Health Care: The Theory and Practice of Priority SettingPolicy Press, 2012 - 159 Seiten The challenges faced by those rationing scarce health care resources have intensified following the economic downturn. This book tackles this challenge by exploring the latest thinking and practice on priority setting methods. In an accessible style the book brings together theories, practice and evidence from a wide range of disciplines and provides practical, evidence-based prescriptions for decision makers. It will be of interest to all health care managers and students of health care policy and management. |
Inhalt
1 An introduction to priority setting | 1 |
2 The ethics of priority setting | 13 |
3 Public participation in priority setting | 27 |
4 Priority setting and economic evaluation | 47 |
5 Multicriteria decision analysis and prioritysetting processes | 67 |
6 The politics of priority setting | 85 |
7 Leadership in priority setting | 105 |
8 Disinvestment as a prioritysetting case study | 117 |
9 Conclusions | 125 |
References | 137 |
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Rationing in health care: The theory and practice of priority setting Williams, Iestyn,Robinson, Suzanne Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2011 |
Rationing in Health Care: The Theory and Practice of Priority Setting Iestyn Williams,Helen Dickinson,Suzanne Robinson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2012 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
and/or approach areas argue Avastin benefits British Medical Journal broader challenge Chapter citizens clinical commissioning communitarian complex consensus context cost-effectiveness criteria DALYs decision analysis decision-making process deliberation deliberative polling discussion disinvestment economic evaluation effective efficiency ethical frameworks ethical principles evidence example exercise explicit priority setting funding health care rationing health care resources health care systems Health Economics health services Herceptin identified impact implementation important individuals institutions interest groups issues leadership legitimacy levels literature marginal analysis maximise MCDA Mitton multi-criteria decision analysis opportunity cost organisations outcomes overall patients PBMA PCTs perspective political population Portsmouth scorecard practice Primary Care Trusts priority setters priority-setting decisions priority-setting processes problems programme budgeting public involvement public participation QALY rationing relation relevant resource allocation decisions role rule of rescue sensemaking stakeholders strategies techniques tool treatment values wicked problems