Attitudes towards priority setting in the norwegian health care system: a general population survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In an ideal world, everyone would receive medical resources in accordance with their needs. In reality, resources are often scarce and have an alternative use. Thus, we are forced to prioritize. Although Norway is one of the leading countries in normative priority setting work, few descriptive studies have been conducted in the country. To increase legitimacy in priority setting, knowledge about laypeople's attitudes is central. The aim of the study is therefore to assess the general population's attitudes towards a broad spectrum of issues pertinent to priority setting in the Norwegian publicly financed health care system.

Methods

We developed an electronic questionnaire that was distributed to a representative sample of 2 540 Norwegians regarding their attitudes

SUBMITTER: Solberg CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8980508 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature