Abstract
In this paper we discuss the prioritisation of healthcare projects where there is a
concern about health inequalities. Our analysis begins with a standard welfare
economic model of healthcare resource allocation and we show how the problem can
be reformulated as one of finding a particular subset of the class of efficient solutions to an implied multiobjective optimization problem. We demonstrate our approach through a worked example of treatment for clinical depression.
concern about health inequalities. Our analysis begins with a standard welfare
economic model of healthcare resource allocation and we show how the problem can
be reformulated as one of finding a particular subset of the class of efficient solutions to an implied multiobjective optimization problem. We demonstrate our approach through a worked example of treatment for clinical depression.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 164-173 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Economics |
| Volume | 36 |
| Early online date | 10 Apr 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- aversion
- healthcare prioritisation
- health inequalities
- mathematical programming perspective
- multiobjective
- multicriteria decision analysis
- MCDA
- mathematical programming
