Rationing in health care : the theory and practice of priority setting / / Iestyn Williams, Suzanne Robinson and Helen Dickinson

• Autore: Williams I (Iestyn)
• Pubblicazione: Bristol ; ; Chicago : , : Policy Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Health care rationing; Medical economics; Medical policy
• Altri autori: DickinsonHelen <1979-> RobinsonSuzanne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-154) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Rationing in health care""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""1. An introduction to priority setting""; ""Introduction""; ""Purpose of this book""; ""Structure of the book""; ""Terminology""; ""Alternatives to priority setting""; ""Chapter summary""; ""2. The ethics of priority setting""; ""Introduction""; ""The purposes of health care""; ""Distributive justice""; ""Egalitarianism""; ""Individualism""; ""Utilitarianism""; ""Communitarianism""; ""Just deserts""; ""Rule of rescue""; ""Disease severity""; ""Fair innings""; ""The ethical maze of priority setting"" ; ""Replacing principles with process""""Chapter summary""; ""3. Public participation in priority setting""; ""Introduction""; ""Terminology""; ""Why involve the public in priority setting?""; ""Participative public involvement methods""; ""Assessing deliberative involvement techniques""; ""Chapter summary""; ""4. Priority setting and economic evaluation""; ""Introduction""; ""Technology coverage decision-making""; ""Economic principles""; ""Economic evaluation""; ""Calculating Quality-Adjusted Life Years""; ""The Disability-Adjusted Life Year""; ""Presenting results"" ; ""Resources for priority setters""""Using economic evaluation in priority setting""; ""Economic evaluation and social care""; ""Chapter summary""; ""5. Multi-criteria decision analysis and priority-setting processes""; ""Introduction""; ""Multi-criteria approaches""; ""The Portsmouth scorecard""; ""Decision conferencing""; ""Programme budgeting and marginal analysis""; ""Ethical frameworks""; ""Assessing priority-setting frameworks""; ""Chapter summary""; ""6. The politics of priority setting""; ""Introduction""; ""Understanding policy""; ""Understanding institutions and organisations"" ; ""Interest groups""""The micro-politics of priority setting""; ""Implementation""; ""Governance and performance""; ""Implications for priority setting""; ""Chapter summary""; ""7. Leadership in priority setting""; ""Introduction""; ""Terminology""; ""The role of leadership in priority setting""; ""Relational leadership""; ""Leadership and â€?wickedâ€? problems""; ""Leadership with political awareness""; ""Chapter summary""; ""8. Disinvestment as a priority-setting case study""; ""Introduction""; ""Prescriptions for disinvestment""; ""The implementation gap""; ""Chapter summary"" ; ""9. Conclusions""""Introduction""; ""Beyond rationalism versus pluralism""; ""Understanding priority setting""; ""Evaluating priority setting""; ""Doing priority setting""; ""References""; ""Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: Rationing in health care
• ISBN: 1-4473-0612-0; 1-4473-1431-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811869203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II