Decision maker views on priority setting in the Vancouver Island Health Authority
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Decision maker views on priority setting in the Vancouver Island Health Authority
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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1478-7547
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-6-13