Opportunity costs and local health service spending decisions

"All health care systems face the need to find the resources to meet new demands such as a new, cost-increasing health technology."

Opportunity costs and local health service spending decisions: A qualitative study from Wales
S Karlsberg Schaffer, J Sussex, D Hughes, N Devlin
BMC Health Searches Research, 2016

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Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health)

"This Guidance for Priority Setting in Health Care (GPS-Health), initiated by the World Health Organization, offers a comprehensive map of equity criteria that are relevant to health care priority setting and should be considered in addition to cost-effectiveness analysis."

Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): the inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis
OF Norheim, et al.
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2014, 12:18

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Involving patients in setting priorities for healthcare improvement

"Patient involvement can change priorities driving healthcare improvement at the population level."

Involving patients in setting priorities for healthcare improvement: a cluster randomized trial
A Boivin, P Lehoux, R Lacombe, J Burgers, R Grol
Implementation Science, 2014, 9:24

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Setting priorities in health

"The research reported here demonstrates that PCTs have made significant progress in establishing priority-setting processes and, although there are some key weaknesses from which we can learn, they have used many different methods, procedures and processes in seeking to prioritise health needs."

Setting priorities in health: a study of English primary care trusts
S Robinson, H Dickinson, Iestyn Williams, T Freeman, B Rumbold, K Spence
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham and the Nuffield Trust
September 2011

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Burden of disease and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions

"The allocation of limited available healthcare resources demands an agreed rational allocation principle and the consequent priority setting."

Burden of disease and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions: are we investigating what really matters?
F Catala-Lopez, A Garcia-Altes, E Alvarez-Martin, R Genova-Maleras, C Morant-Ginestar, A Parada
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:75

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