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Clinical ethics dilemmas in a low-income setting - a national survey among physicians in Ethiopia

BMC Medical Ethics, 2019
Background Ethical dilemmas are part of medicine, but the type of challenges, the frequency of their occurrence and the nuances in the difficulties have not been systematically studied in low-income settings.
Ingrid Miljeteig, Frehiwot Defaye, Dawit Desalegn, Marion Danis   +3 more
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Identifying acne treatment uncertainties via a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: The Acne Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) was set up to identify and rank treatment uncertainties by bringing together people with acne, and professionals providing care within and beyond the National Health Service (NHS). Setting: The
Andrews, Stephen, Cowdell, Fiona, Eady, E Anne, Fenton, Mark, Firkins, Lester, Layton, Alison, Levell, Nick, Oxnard, Christine, Patel, Mahendra, Peat, Maggie, Ridd, Matthew, Whitehouse, Heather   +11 more
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Beyond the Black Box Approach to Ethics! Comment on “Expanded HTA: Enhancing Fairness and Legitimacy” [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016
In the editorial published in this journal, Daniels and colleagues argue that his and Sabin’s accountability for reasonableness (A4R) framework should be used to handle ethical issues in the health technology assessment (HTA)-process, especially ...
Lars Sandman, Erik Gustavsson
doaj   +1 more source

Stakeholders' Participation in Planning and Priority Setting in the Context of a Decentralised Health Care system: the case of prevention of mother to child Transmission of HIV Programme in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
In Tanzania, decentralisation processes and reforms in the health sector aimed at improving planning and accountability in the sector. As a result, districts were given authority to undertake local planning and set priorities as well as allocate ...
A Blystad, Astrid Blystad, C Leighton, Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED, CP Conn, De-Savigny, E Makundi, Elizabeth H Shayo, G Mubyazi, G Mubyazi, G Mwale, H Phillips, I Semali, I Semali, J Byskov, J Sundewall, K Moland, KA Johansson, L Franco, L Gilson, Leonard EG Mboera, M Were, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of regional administration and local government, MOH, MOHSW, N Daniels, O Burki, R Tesch, R Walensky, S Leshabari, S Leshabari, S Maluka, S Maluka, S Maluka, Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), UNAIDS/UNICEF/WHO, United Republic of Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania- joint Ministry of Health and Presidents office Regional administration and local government, World Health Organization, Alma-Ata 1978   +40 more
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Health research priority setting in Zambia: a stock taking of approaches conducted from 1998 to 2015 [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Priority setting in health research is an emerging field. In Zambia, like many other African countries, various priority setting activities have been undertaken with a view to identify research activities to which the available resources can ...
Busiku Hamainza, Lydia Kapiriri, Pascalina Chanda-Kapata, William Ngosa   +3 more
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Setting priorities in prevention [PDF]

Health Policy, 1992
In the last few years prevention has again become the focus of attention because of various international developments such as the WHO strategy for Health for All by the year 2000. When resources are scarce, it is all the more important to set priorities. This applies to prevention as well as to curative care.
Schaapveld, K., Water, H.P.A. van de, Bergsma, E.W.   +2 more
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Departures from cost-effectiveness recommendations: The impact of health system constraints on priority setting [PDF]

, 2015
The methods and application of cost-effectiveness analysis have reached an advanced stage of development. Many decision makers consider cost-effectiveness analysis to be a valid and feasible approach towards setting health priorities, and it has been ...
Hauck, KD, Smith, PC, Thomas, R
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Allocating resources to support universal health coverage: policy processes and implementation in Malawi

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Optimising the use of limited health resources in low-income and middle-income countries towards the maximisation of health outcomes requires efficient distribution of resources across health services and geographical areas.
Gerald Manthalu, Pakwanja Twea, Sakshi Mohan   +2 more
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Methodological procedures for priority setting mental health research: a systematic review summarising the methods, designs and frameworks involved with priority setting

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2023
Background Research priority setting aims to identify research gaps within particular health fields. Given the global burden of mental illness and underfunding of mental health research compared to other health topics, knowledge of methodological ...
Kris Deering, Neil Brimblecombe, Jane C. Matonhodze, Fiona Nolan, Daniela A. Collins, Laoise Renwick   +5 more
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Magnitude and determinants of out of pocket health expenditure among patients visiting outpatients in public hospitals in East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022
Background: Out-of-pocket payment (OOP) for healthcare services remained the main means of the financing health system in developing countries for a decade.
Deraro Bedado, Abdene Weya Kaso, Alemayehu Hailu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source