Gods with a limited budget

Putting the utility back into utilitarian health politics

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11936620
AutoresJane Miller (0000-0002-3487-9602, autor correspondente), Sebastian Sethe
Ano2005
Volume30
Fascículo3
Páginas273-278
Data de publicação2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInterdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/030801805x42081
OpenAlexW2055490175
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas11

Resources in healthcare are under strain not only because of increasingly expensive treatment options, but because the definition of health is evolving. For the purpose of resource allocation, definitional boundaries of health are arbitrary and unhelpful. Since biological health combines with mental and societal health to constitute overall quality of life, this very quality ought to inform resource allocation in all relevant areas of public spending. Adopting quality of life as a common objective will require some structural recognition. Integrating the debates surrounding social health and evidence based policy, we argue for the establishment of a common 'currency' that could be used to compare different quality of life measures across disciplines and policy spheres

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