Publication
2016
Accounting for Technical, Ethical, and Political Factors in Priority Setting
This article investigates two cases of priority setting to explore how, in addition to technical …
This article investigates two cases of priority setting to explore how, in addition to technical considerations, ethical and political factors shape the allocation of health resources. First, they discuss how Thai authorities adjudicated a coverage decision for HLA-B*1502 screening, which meets the national cost-effectiveness threshold for only some of the conditions it can detect. Second, they consider England’s Cancer Drugs Fund to investigate the interplay of technical decision making and political reality. The findings suggest four concluding…
Climate/Environment
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Europe
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Chronic Disease/Risk
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Priority Setting/Ethics
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
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Health Systems
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Policy/Regulation
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Government/Law
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Health/Medicine
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Science/Technology
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Global