Public participation: healthcare rationing in the newspaper media.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is impossible to meet all healthcare demands, but an open and fair rationing process may improve the public acceptability of priority setting in healthcare. Decision-making is subject to scrutiny by newspaper media, an important public institution and information source for discussions about rationing. In Norway, healthcare rationing has been subject to public debate both before and after the establishment of "The National System for Managed Introduction of New Health Technologies within the Specialist Health Service" (New Methods) in 2013.

Aim

To describe and assess the development of the public debate on Norwegian healthcare rationing through three cases in print media.

Methods

We purposively sampled Norwegian newspaper articles between 2012 and 2018 c

SUBMITTER: Brendbekken A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8962557 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature