Prioritization in Medicine An International Dialogue
The gap between a rising demand for health care services on the one side and scarce resources on the other, is leading to a growing pressure on decision-making processes. Hence, prioritization in medicine has become an increasingly importan
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Prioritization in Medicine
Eckhard Nagel • Michael Lauerer Editors
Prioritization in Medicine An International Dialogue
Editors Eckhard Nagel Institute for Healthcare Management and Health Sciences University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
Michael Lauerer Institute for Healthcare Management and Health Sciences University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
In Cooperation with Valentin Schätzlein Institute for Healthcare Management and Health Sciences University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-21111-4 ISBN 978-3-319-21112-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21112-1
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Preface
This contributed volume goes back to the interdisciplinary research group FOR 655 “Setting Priorities in Medicine: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis within the Context of the German Statutory Health Insurance.” Two volumes associated with this research group have been published in German language earlier. Edited by Wohlgemuth/Freitag (2009), the first volume focused on the presentation of objectives and methods of the research group’s subprojects. The second volume, edited by Schmitz-Luhn/Bohmeier (2013), discussed particularly relevant and controversially assessed prioritization criteria. This volume addresses normative dimensions of methodological and theoretical approaches, international experiences concerning the normative framework and the process of priority setting as well as the legal basis behind priorities. It also examines specific criteria for prioritization and discusses economic evaluation. The contributing authors are in parts members of FOR 655 and other scientists from various academic disciplines and different parts of the world. Some of
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