Describing practices of priority setting and resource allocation in publicly funded health care systems of high-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare spending has grown over the last decades in all developed countries. Making hard choices for investments in a rational, evidence-informed, systematic, transparent and legitimate manner constitutes an important objective. Yet, most scientific work in this area has focused on developing/improving prescriptive approaches for decision making and presenting case studies. The present work aimed to describe existing practices of priority setting and resource allocation (PSRA) within the context of publicly funded health care systems of high-income countries and inform areas for further improvement and research.

Methods

An online qualitative survey, developed from a theoretical framework, was administered with decision-makers and academics from 18 countries. 45

SUBMITTER: Seixas BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7839200 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature