International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Influencing Decisions of Value in Health: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors
Iestyn Williams 1
Hilary Brown 1
Paul Healy 2
1 Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
2 NHS Confederation, London, UK
10.15171/ijhpm.2018.116
Keywords
Healthcare Decision-Making
Cost
Quality
Literature Review
Health Management
Subjects

We are delighted to have received three responses to our recent paper ‘contextual factors influencing cost and quality decisions in health and care’1 and would like to revisit a few of the many interesting points raised... (Read more...)

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  2. Peacock S, Bentley C. Understanding contextual factors in cost, quality and priority setting decisions in health: Comment on “Contextual factors influencing cost and quality decisions in health and care: a structured evidence review and narrative synthesis.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(12):1145-1147. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2018.82
  3. Williams I, Harlock J, Robert G, Mannion R, Brearley S, Hall K. Decommissioning health care: identifying best practice through primary and secondary research–a prospective mixed-methods study. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2017.
  4. Bærøe K. On fundamental premises for addressing “context” and “contextual factors” influencing value decisions in healthcare: Comment on “Contextual factors influencing cost and quality decisions in health and care: a structured evidence review and narrative synthesis.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(10):958–960. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2018.62
  5. Calnan M. Decisions of value: going backstage: Comment on “Contextual factors influencing cost and quality decisions in health and care: a structured evidence review and narrative synthesis.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(11):1067–1069. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2018.81
  6. Calnan M, Hashem F, Brown P. Still elegantly muddling through? NICE and uncertainty in decision making about the rationing of expensive medicines in England. Int J Health Serv. 2017;47(3):571-594. doi:10.1177/0020731416689552
  7. Williams, I. Institutions, cost-effectiveness analysis and healthcare rationing: the example of healthcare coverage in the English National Health Service. Policy  Polit. 2013;41(2):223-239.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 8, Issue 3
March 2019
Pages 187-188

  • Received Date 17 November 2018
  • First Published Date 01 March 2019
  • Published Date 01 March 2019