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Examining preferences for allocating health care gains

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This study is part of a programme to elicit and examine community preferences for health care in different contexts. Data were obtained from a group of predominantly Australian health care decision-makers. A short questionnaire contained six valuation questions and four demographic questions. The six valuation questions posed choices where equal health gains were to be allocated to different population groups based upon: age; sex; current health; socio-economic status; across time; and across different numbers of individuals. The results provide some evidence that respondents were prepared to discriminate between health gains derived in different contexts especially where health gains were to be allocated between groups of different health status and over time. Further research is planned and the possible implications for health policy, and in particular for resource allocation in health care, are briefly discussed.

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  1. University of Sydney and Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, Westmead Hospital, 2145, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

    Gavin Mooney

  2. Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Westmead Hospital, 2145, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

    Stephen Jan & Virginia Wiseman

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Mooney, G., Jan, S. & Wiseman, V. Examining preferences for allocating health care gains. Health Care Anal 3, 261–265 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197680

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