Background Priority setting in population health is increasingly based on explicitly formulated values. The Patients Rights Act of the Norwegian tax-based health service guaranties all citizens health care in case of a severe illness, a proven health benefit, and proportionality between need and treatment. This study compares the values of the country's health policy makers with these three official principles. Methods In total 34 policy makers participated in a discrete choice experiment, weighting the relative value of six policy criteria. We used multi-variate logistic regression with selection as dependent valuable to derive odds ratios for each criterion. Next, we constructed a composite league table - based on the sum score for the probability of selection - to rank potential interventions in five major disease areas. Results The group considered cost effectiveness, large individual benefits and severity of disease as the most important criteria in decision making. Priority interventions are those related to cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases. Less attractive interventions rank those related to mental health. Conclusions Norwegian policy makers' values are in agreement with principles formulated in national health laws. Multi-criteria decision approaches may provide a tool to support explicit allocation decisions.

Defechereux Thierry, Francesco Paolucci, Mirelman Andrew, Youngkong Sitaporn, Botten Grete, Hagen Terje, et al. (2012). Health care priority setting in Norway a multicriteria decision analysis. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 12(39), 1-7 [10.1186/1472-6963-12-39].

Health care priority setting in Norway a multicriteria decision analysis

PAOLUCCI, FRANCESCO;
2012

Abstract

Background Priority setting in population health is increasingly based on explicitly formulated values. The Patients Rights Act of the Norwegian tax-based health service guaranties all citizens health care in case of a severe illness, a proven health benefit, and proportionality between need and treatment. This study compares the values of the country's health policy makers with these three official principles. Methods In total 34 policy makers participated in a discrete choice experiment, weighting the relative value of six policy criteria. We used multi-variate logistic regression with selection as dependent valuable to derive odds ratios for each criterion. Next, we constructed a composite league table - based on the sum score for the probability of selection - to rank potential interventions in five major disease areas. Results The group considered cost effectiveness, large individual benefits and severity of disease as the most important criteria in decision making. Priority interventions are those related to cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases. Less attractive interventions rank those related to mental health. Conclusions Norwegian policy makers' values are in agreement with principles formulated in national health laws. Multi-criteria decision approaches may provide a tool to support explicit allocation decisions.
2012
Defechereux Thierry, Francesco Paolucci, Mirelman Andrew, Youngkong Sitaporn, Botten Grete, Hagen Terje, et al. (2012). Health care priority setting in Norway a multicriteria decision analysis. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 12(39), 1-7 [10.1186/1472-6963-12-39].
Defechereux Thierry; Francesco Paolucci; Mirelman Andrew; Youngkong Sitaporn; Botten Grete; Hagen Terje; Niessen Louis
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