Introduction Health care systems around the world are struggling with limited resources, in
relation to the prevailing health care need. An accessible primary care is an important part of …

Stakeholders play an important role in health priority setting, and their roles have been
discussed in the literature, mainly in relationship to their power. An emerging body of …

Accountable decision-makers are required to legitimize their priority setting decisions in
health to members of society. In this perspective we stress the point that fair, legitimate …

Aims To shed light on the process of advocacy in the context of community health nursing,
through a methodology inspired by the epistemologies of the South. Design We conducted a …

This paper contributes to the knowledge on the governing of healthcare in a democratic
context in times of austerity. Resource allocation in healthcare is a highly political issue but …

Introduction Legitimacy and trust are crucial for resilient health systems in fragmented
conflict zones. This study evaluates the legitimacy of health systems in northwest Syria …

The allocation of resources is a crucial part of political decision-making in healthcare, but
explicit priorities are rarely set when resources are distributed. Two areas that have received …

The importance for governments of establishing ethical principles and criteria for priority
setting in line with social values, has been emphasised. The risk of such criteria not being …

In order to reduce social inequities in health, nurses need to move from patient advocacy to
policy advocacy. Literature reports many barriers when nurses try to address the structural …

Those allocating resources for healthcare have long had to contend with the problems
posed by resource scarcity. These pressures have been heightened by the global recession …