Determining and broadening the definition of impact from implementing a rational priority setting approach in a healthcare organization

Evelyn Cornelissen, Craig Mitton, Alan Davidson, Colin Reid, Rachelle Hole, Anne-Marie Visockas and Neale Smith

Social Science & Medicine, 2014, vol. 114, issue C, 1-9

Abstract: Techniques to manage scarce healthcare resources continue to evolve in response to changing, growing and competing demands. Yet there is no standard definition in the priority setting literature of what might constitute the desired impact or success of resource management activities.

Keywords: Canada; Priority setting; Impact assessment; Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis (PBMA); Resource allocation; Action research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.027

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