Objectives Resource allocation is a challenging issue faced by health policy decisionmakers
requiring careful consideration of many factors. Objectives of this study were to identify …

Abstract This Guidance for Priority Setting in Health Care (GPS-Health), initiated by the
World Health Organization, offers a comprehensive map of equity criteria that are relevant to …

Background Health care decision making requires making resource allocation decisions
among programs, services, and technologies that all compete for a finite resource pool …

A methodological approach is needed for allocating health care resources in an efficient and
fair way that gives legitimacy to decisions. Currently, most priority setting approaches tend to …

Background The diffusion of health technologies from translational research to
reimbursement depends on several factors included the results of health economic analysis …

Healthcare decision making is usually characterized by a low degree of transparency. The
demand for transparent decision processes can be fulfilled only when assessment …

Priority setting of health interventions is often ad-hoc and resources are not used to an
optimal extent. Underlying problem is that multiple criteria play a role and decisions are …

Background In rationing decisions in health, many criteria like costs, effectiveness, equity
and feasibility concerns play a role. These criteria stem from different disciplines that all aim …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to promote approaches to health technology
assessment (HTA) that are both evidence-based and values-based. We conducted a …

Objectives Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) is increasingly used for decision making in
healthcare. However, its application in different decision-making contexts is still unclear …