Prioritising patients for bariatric surgery

"This study extends our understanding of the publics’ preferences for priority setting to the context of bariatric surgery, and derives priority weights that could be used to assist bodies responsible for commissioning bariatric services."

Prioritising patients for bariatric surgery: building public preferences from a discrete choice experiment into public policy
JA Whitty, et al.
BMJ Open, 2015, 5:e008919

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Measuring what matters: the cost vs values of health care

"To achieve greater value for health system costs in Canada, we offer three recommendations to make a shift towards delivering value to Canadians in a cost effective, sustainable, and patient-centric model of health care."

Measuring what matters: the cost vs values of health care
A Snowdon, K Schnarr, A Hussein, C Alessi
Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation
November 2012

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Caring for our future: what service users say

"The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) commissioned this paper as part of its programme on paying for long-term care, which aims to influence the funding and creation of a better system for adult social care in the UK."

Caring for our future: what service users say
P Beresford, E Andrews
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
March 2012

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