Public preferences regarding the priority setting criteria of health interventions for budget allocation: results of a survey of Iranian adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Priority setting in health directly impacts the general public as payers and final consumers, so the public preferences must be considered. The present study aimed to provide public preferences about health intervention allocation criteria for the optimal allocation of public health budget in Iran.

Methods

A choice-based survey method was used to assess the general public's preferences regarding 8 critical criteria with a societal aspect. One thousand sixty-four adult citizens of Tehran, Iran, participated in the study. Participants were asked to allocate a hypothetical budget between the two groups with differences in allocation criteria. Public preferences were inferred from absolute majority responses i.e., more than 50% of participants' allocation for a criter

SUBMITTER: Darvishi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9640781 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature