On Fundamental Premises for Addressing “Context” and “Contextual Factors” Influencing Value Decisions in Healthcare; Comment on “Contextual Factors Influencing Cost and Quality Decisions in Health and Care: A Structured Evidence Review and Narrative Synthesis”

Document Type : Commentary

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Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Abstract

In this commentary on Williams and colleagues’ paper, I will address some essential issues related to research on contextual factors that influence value decision-making in healthcare. Based on the presumption that scientific work requires coherence in its ontological, epistemological and methodological approaches, I identify some challenges in their text and reflect on how those challenges might be addressed. I recommend that more normative work be done to make this a comprehensive area of research and suggest that the fundamental premises structuring investigations in this field be explicitly clarified.

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  • Receive Date: 30 May 2018
  • Revise Date: 19 June 2018
  • Accept Date: 20 June 2018
  • First Publish Date: 01 October 2018

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