tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Is cost-effectiveness analysis preferred to severity of disease as the main guiding principle in priority setting in resource poor settings"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Is cost-effectiveness analysis preferred to severity of disease as the main guiding principle in priority setting in resource poor settings? | Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation BioMed Central Research Open Access Is cost-effectiveness analysis preferred to severity of disease as the main guiding principle in priority setting in resource poor settings The case of Uganda Lydia Kapiriri 1 Trude Arnesen2 and Ole Frithjof Norheim1 Address 1Centre for International Health and Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care. University of Bergen. Ulriksdal 8c N-5009. Bergen. Norway and 2Fafo Institute for applied International Studies. . Box 2947 Toyen. NO-0608 Oslo. Norway Email Lydia Kapiriri - Trude Arnesen - tma@ Ole Frithjof Norheim - Corresponding author Published 08 January 2004 Received 30 June 2003 Accepted 08 January 2004 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2004 2 1 This article is available from http content 2 1 1 2004 Kapiriri et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Introduction Several studies carried out to establish the relative preference of cost-effectiveness of interventions and severity of disease as criteria for priority setting in health have shown a strong preference for severity of disease. These preferences may differ in contexts of resource scarcity as in developing countries yet information is limited on such preferences in this context. Objective This study was carried out to identify the key players in priority setting in health and explore their relative preference regarding cost-effectiveness of interventions and severity of disease as criteria for setting priorities in Uganda. Design 610 self-administered questionnaires were sent to respondents at national district health sub-district and facility levels. Respondents included mainly health workers. We used three different .