Search for dissertations about: "Priority-setting"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the word Priority-setting.
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21. Health care budgeting : goals, structure, attitudes
Abstract : What purpose do budgetary tools, such as zero-base budgeting, break-down budgeting, net budget, program budget, and multi-year budget serve? Are they methods whereby planners and administrators intend to take the initiative and increase their power at the expense of the political decision-makers? Or, inversely, are they avenues to increased political influence? This dissertation analyses, characteristic by characteristic, different budgetary aspects in health care budgeting and their action alternatives. These aspects are related to three goals; priority setting, influence on action, and administrative contol. READ MORE
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22. Data uncertinties in material flow analysis.Local case study and literature survey
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to discuss and analyse the influenceof data uncertainties with regard to the reliability of materialflow analysis (MFA) studies. MFA, as a part of environmentalsystems analysis, is a method belonging to the research field ofindustrial ecology and more specifically industrial metabolism. READ MORE
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23. The matter of economic evaluations in health policy decision-making : The case of the Swedish national guidelines for heart diseases
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
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24. Mortality in transitional Vietnam
Abstract : Understanding mortality patterns is an essential pre-requisite for guiding public health action and for supporting development of evidence-based policy. However, such information is not sufficiently available in Vietnam. READ MORE
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25. Urban Ecosystem Services : The Value of Green Spaces in Cities
Abstract : In an ever more urban world, the role of green spaces in cities is increasingly highlighted for their capacity to provide ecosystem services for human well-being. Yet, the value of urban green spaces is still widely overlooked in urban policy and planning. READ MORE