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Published in: Health Care Analysis 2/2008

01-06-2008 | Original Article

An Ethical Analysis of International Health Priority-Setting

Authors: Nuala Kenny, Christine Joffres

Published in: Health Care Analysis | Issue 2/2008

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Abstract

Health care systems throughout the developed world face ‘crises’ of quality, financing and sustainability. These pressures have led governments to look for more efficient and equitable ways to allocate public resources. Prioritisation of health care services for public funding has been one of the strategies used by decision makers to reconcile growing health care demands with limited resources. Priority setting at the macro level has yet to demonstrate real successes. This paper describes international approaches to explicit prioritisation at the macro-governmental level in the six experiences most published in the English literature; analyzes the ways in which values, principles and other normative concepts were presented in these international priority setting experiences; and identifies key elements of a more robust framework for ethical analysis which could promote meaningful and effective health priority setting.
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Metadata
Title
An Ethical Analysis of International Health Priority-Setting
Authors
Nuala Kenny
Christine Joffres
Publication date
01-06-2008
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Health Care Analysis / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 1065-3058
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3394
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-007-0065-5

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