Gods with a limited budget

Putting the utility back into utilitarian health politics

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11936620
AutoresJane Miller (0000-0002-3487-9602, autor de correspondencia), Sebastian Sethe
Año2005
Volumen30
Número3
Páginas273-278
Fecha de publicación2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInterdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/030801805x42081
OpenAlexW2055490175
IdiomaEN
Referencias 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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