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Craig Mitton
Nursing Research
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Open AccessDescribing practices of priority setting and resource allocation in publicly funded health care systems of high-income countries
Healthcare spending has grown over the last decades in all developed countries. Making hard choices for investments in a rational, evidence-informed, systematic, transparent and legitimate manner constitutes a...
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Open AccessAssessing value in health care: using an interpretive classification system to understand existing practices based on a systematic review
Implementing adequate strategies to assess the value of health services plays a central role in the effort to deal with the financial pressures faced by health care systems worldwide. This study aimed to under...
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Open AccessMoving low value care lists into action: prioritizing candidate health technologies for reassessment using administrative data
Active management of existing health technologies (e.g., devices, diagnostic, and/or medical procedures) to ensure the delivery of high value care is increasingly recognized around the world. A number of initi...
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Open AccessEngaging the Canadian public on reimbursement decision-making for drugs for rare diseases: a national online survey
Funding of drugs for rare diseases (DRDs) requires decisions that balance fairness for all individuals within the healthcare system with compassion for affected individuals. Our study objective was to conduct ...
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Open Access‘Real-world’ health care priority setting using explicit decision criteria: a systematic review of the literature
Health care decision making requires making resource allocation decisions among programs, services, and technologies that all compete for a finite resource pool. Methods of priority setting that use explicitly...
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Open AccessMagnesium sulphate for fetal neuroprotection: a cost-effectiveness analysis
The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of administering magnesium sulphate to patients in whom preterm birth at < 32+0 weeks gestation is either imminent or threatened for the purpose of fetal...
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Open AccessDecision maker perceptions of resource allocation processes in Canadian health care organizations: a national survey
Resource allocation is a key challenge for healthcare decision makers. While several case studies of organizational practice exist, there have been few large-scale cross-organization comparisons.
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Open AccessDifficult decisions in times of constraint: Criteria based Resource Allocation in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
The aim of the project was to develop a plan to address a forecasted deficit of approximately $4.65 million for fiscal year 2010/11 in the Vancouver Communities division of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authori...
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Open AccessIdentifying research priorities for health care priority setting: a collaborative effort between managers and researchers
To date there has been relatively little published about how research priorities are set, and even less about methods by which decision-makers can be engaged in defining a relevant and appropriate research age...
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Open AccessPriority setting in the provincial health services authority: survey of key decision makers
In recent years, decision makers in Canada and elsewhere have expressed a desire for more explicit, evidence-based approaches to priority setting. To achieve this aim within health care organizations, knowledg...
