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Combining evidence and values in priority setting: testing the balance sheet method in a low-income country

Abstract

BackgroundProcedures for priority setting need to incorporate both scientific evidence and public values. The aim of this study was to test out a model for priority setting which incorporates both scientific evidence and public values, and to explore use of evidence by a selection of stakeholders and to study reasons for the relative ranking of health care interventions in a setting of extreme resource scarcity.MethodsSystematic search for and …

Authors

Makundi E; Kapiriri L; Norheim OF

Journal

BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 7, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 2007

DOI

10.1186/1472-6963-7-152

ISSN

1472-6963