Priority setting for new technologies in medicine: qualitative case study

Priority setting for new technologies in medicine: qualitative case study.

OBJECTIVE To describe priority setting for new technologies in medicine. DESIGN Qualitative study using case studies and grounded theory. SETTING Two committees advising on priorities for new technologies in cancer and cardiac care in Ontario, Canada. PARTICIPANTS The two committees and their 26 members. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Accounts of priority setting decision making gathered by revi...

Priority setting for new technologies in medicine: A transdisciplinary study

BACKGROUND Decision makers in health care organizations struggle with how to set priorities for new technologies in medicine. Traditional approaches to priority setting for new technologies in medicine are insufficient and there is no widely accepted model that can guide decision makers. DISCUSSION Daniels and Sabin have developed an ethically based account about how priority setting decision...

Priority-setting and hospital strategic planning: a qualitative case study.

OBJECTIVES To describe and evaluate the priority-setting element of a hospital's strategic planning process. METHODS Qualitative case study and evaluation against the conditions of 'accountability for reasonableness' of a strategic planning process at a large urban university-affiliated hospital. RESULTS The hospital's strategic planning process met the conditions of 'accountability for rea...

Priority-setting decisions for new cancer drugs: a qualitative case study.

BACKGROUND Frameworks for legitimate and fair priority setting emphasise the importance of the rationales for priority setting decisions. However, priority setting rationales, in particular for new cancer drugs, are not well described. We describe the rationales used by a committee making funding decisions for new cancer drugs. METHODS We did a qualitative case study of a priority setting com...

Colombia: Cost Effectiveness & Priority Setting Case Study