Decision makers’ views on health care objectives and budget constraints: results from a pilot study

Economic evaluations aim to inform policy makers about the costs and effects of medical interventions to support their decisions on the allocation of health care resources. Decision makers combine information on cost-effectiveness with their preferences and with possible constraints for the allocati...

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Published in:Health policy (Amsterdam) 2004-10, Vol.70 (1), p.33-48
Main Authors: Al, Maiwenn J, Feenstra, Talitha, Brouwer, Werner B.F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Budget allocation
Budget constraint
Budget constraints
Budgets
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cost-effectiveness
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Decision Making, Organizational
Delivery of Health Care - economics
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Health
Health administration
Health care
Health Care Rationing
Health policy
Health Services Research
Netherlands
Organizational Objectives
Pilot Projects
Policy studies
Priority setting
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Summary:Economic evaluations aim to inform policy makers about the costs and effects of medical interventions to support their decisions on the allocation of health care resources. Decision makers combine information on cost-effectiveness with their preferences and with possible constraints for the allocation of health care resources. That is, decision makers need to specify an optimality criterion and all possible (budget) constraints. Usually this is a more or less implicit process. The aim of our pilot study was to find out whether decision makers consider the objectives and budget constraints we selected for a theoretical model of resource allocation relevant, and to set priorities for these objectives.
ISSN:0168-8510
1872-6054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.01.009