tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Decision maker views on priority setting in the Vancouver Island Health Authority"

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: Decision maker views on priority setting in the Vancouver Island Health Authority. | Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation BioMed Central Open Access Decision maker views on priority setting in the Vancouver Island Health Authority Francois Dionne1 Craig Mitton 2 3 5 Neale Smith2 and Cam Donaldson4 Address Departmentof Health Care and Epidemiology University of British Columbia 5804 Fairview Avenue Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3 Canada 2Health Studies University of British Columbia Okanagan 3333 University Way Kelowna BC V1V 1V7 Canada 3Child and Family Research Institute 950 West 28th Avenue Vancouver BC V5Z 4H4 Canada institute of Health and Society Newcastle University 21 Claremont Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AA UK and 5Health Studies Faculty of Health and Social Development University of British Columbia Okanagan 3333 University Way Kelowna BC V1V 1V7 Canada Email Francois Dionne - fdionne@ Craig Mitton - Neale Smith - Cam Donaldson - Corresponding author Published 21 July 2008 Received 9 August 2007 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2008 6 13 doi 1478-7547-6-1 3 Accepted 21 July 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 13 2008 Dionne et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Decisions regarding the allocation of available resources are a source of growing dissatisfaction for healthcare decision-makers. This dissatisfaction has led to increased interest in research on evidence-based resource allocation processes. An emerging area of interest has been the empirical analysis of the characteristics of existing and desired priority setting processes from the perspective of decision-makers. Methods We conducted in-depth face-to-face interviews with 18