Journal:
:international journal of health policy and management
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lida shams
department of health management and economics, school of public health,
tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran ali akbari sari
department of health management and economics, school of public health,
tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran shahram yazdani
department of medical
education, school of medical education, shahid beheshti university of medical
sciences, tehran, iran
background despite the significant role “values” play in decision-making no definition or attributes regarding the concept have been provided in health policy-making. this study aimed to clarify the defining attributes of a concept of value and its irrelevant structures in health policy-making. we anticipate our findings will help reduce the semantic ambiguities associated with the use of “valu...