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Making Choices for Healthcare Frank Honigsbaum 1 New edition
Making Choices for Healthcare
Frank Honigsbaum
This book is based on the seminar held over two days at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. It discusses how countries, namely Oregon, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom find ways of setting priorities in health care.
Marc Notes: Based on data supplied for an international seminar held in Birmingham, May 1995, sponsored by the University of Birmingham in collaboration with The Nordic School of Public Health and Bure Health Care.; Bibliography: p117-123. - Includes index. Publisher Marketing: Provides information on the ways priorities are currently set for health care around the world. It describes the methods now used in the six countries leading the process, and contrasts the differences between them. It shows how, except in the UK, frameworks have now been developed to set priorities. The text sets forth the key issues that need to be tackled in the years ahead. Descriptions of the leading trends are accompanied by suggestions to resolve outstanding difficulties. Topics include: the need for national research and development funding for new treatments; ways to shift resources permanently towards prevention and chronic care; and how DALYs may replace QALYs.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 18, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9781857752519 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 7 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Calltorp, Johan |
| Editor | Holmstroem, Stefan |
| Editor | Honigsbaum, Frank |
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