Search for dissertations about: "priority setting"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words priority setting.

  2. 21. Health care need : Meaning and measurement

    Author : Per-Erik Liss; Lennart Nordenfelt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Concept of needs; health needs and health care needs. Needs assessment; resource allocation; setting health priorities; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : Determining how the health services are to be, and allocating health care, are basic issues in health policy. Need is a frequent criterion for an ethical or rational allocation of health service resources. The primary aim of this study is to analyse and explicate the concept of health care need.Methods for measuring health care need are examined. READ MORE

  4. 22. Essays on the economics of medical practice variations

    Author : Ingemar Eckerlund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an overview and five essays. The purpose of the thesis is to show how economics can contribute to a better understanding of medical practice variations why they exist, their consequences, and the extent to which they can and should be influenced. READ MORE

  5. 23. Institutionally Shaped Response to the Introduction of National Guidelines : Case Studies in the Swedish Regional Health Policy Arena

    Author : Johanna Sandberg; Peter Garpenby; Bo Persson; Lars Bernfort; Erik Hysing; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the institutionally shaped response to the introduction of the national guidelines on the Swedish regional health policy arena. The thesis consists of two case studies. Adapting a qualitative approach, the data is based on individual interviews and these were analysed thematically. READ MORE

  6. 24. Emergency medical dispatching : protocols, experiences and priorities

    Author : Klara Torlén Wennlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Each year, millions of people call the emergency number with a wide variety of symptoms and various levels of illness severity. At its’ core, emergency medical dispatching encompasses the answering of these calls, the assessment of the need for medical assistance, the dispatch of a resource with an appropriate priority level and the provision of instructions assisting the caller. READ MORE

  7. 25. The matter of economic evaluations in health policy decision-making : The case of the Swedish national guidelines for heart diseases

    Author : Nathalie Eckard; Lars-Åke Levin; Magnus Janzon; Ann-Charlotte Nedlund; Clas Rehnberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Economic evaluations are used to inform decision makers about the efficient allocation of scarce healthcare resources and are generated with the direct intent to support decisions in healthcare. Producing guidelines is a complex process and the inclusion of health-economic aspects in the formulation of the Swedish national guidelines as a basis for the written recommendations (priority gradings), distinguishes them from their European counterparts. READ MORE