Global Developments in Priority Setting in Health

Document Type : Editorial

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1 Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

3 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

4 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

5 New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA

6 City College, New York City, NY, USA

Abstract

Countries around the world are experiencing an ever-increasing need to make choices in investments in health and healthcare. This makes it incumbent upon them to have formal processes in place to optimize the legitimacy of eventual decisions. There is now growing experience among countries of the implementation of stakeholder participation, and a developing convergence of methods to support decision-makers within health authorities in making tough decisions when faced with the stark reality of limited resources. We call for further interaction among health authorities, and the research community to develop best practices in order to confront the difficult choices that need to be made.

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Commentary Published on this Paper

  • Priority Setting: Right Answer to a Far Too Narrow Question?; Comment on “Global Developments in Priority Setting in Health”

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Authors' Response to the Commentary

  • Should Priority Setting Also Be Concerned About Profound Socio-Economic Transformations? A Response to Recent Commentary

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History

  • Receive Date: 21 December 2016
  • Revise Date: 19 January 2017
  • Accept Date: 21 January 2017
  • First Publish Date: 01 March 2017

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