International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

The Value of Engaging the Public in CHATing About Healthcare Priorities: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors
Marion Danis 1
Susan D. Goold 2
Melinee Schindler 3
Samia A. Hurst 3
1 Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
2 Department of General Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
3 Institute for Ethics, History, and the Humanities, Geneva University Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
10.15171/ijhpm.2018.113
Keywords
Resource Allocation
Priority Setting
Public Participation
Universal Insurance System
Subjects

Leonard Fleck and Ann Mongoven have each commented on our publication of a project in which we engaged members of the Swiss public in a priority-setting exercise deliberating about what should be included in (mandatory) health insurance packages.1,2... (Read more...)

  1. Fleck LM. Healthcare priority-setting: CHAT-ting is not enough: Comment on "Swiss-CHAT: citizens discuss priorities for Swiss Health Insurance Coverage." Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(10):961-963. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2018.66
  2. Mongoven A. Tradeoff negotiation: the importance of getting in the game: Comment on "Swiss-CHAT: citizens discuss priorities for Swiss health insurance coverage." Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(12):1148-1150. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2018.86
  3. Hurst SA, Schindler M, Goold SD, Danis M. Swiss-CHAT: citizens discuss priorities for swiss health insurance coverage. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(8):746-754. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2018.15
  4. Goold SD, Myers CD, Szymecko L, et al. Priorities for patient-centered outcomes research: the views of minority and underserved communities. Health Serv Res. 2017;52(2):599-615. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12505
  5. Goold SD, Myers CD, Danis M, et al. Members of Minority and Underserved Communities Set Priorities for Health Research. Milbank Q. 2018; Forthcoming.
  6. Danis M, Ginsburg M, Goold S. Experience in the United States with public deliberation about health insurance benefits using the small group decision exercise, CHAT. J Ambul Care Manage. 2010;33(3):205-214. doi:10.1097/JAC.0b013e3181e56340
  7. Dror DM, Koren R, Ost A, Binnendijk E, Vellakkal S, Danis M. Health insurance benefit packages prioritized by low-income clients in India: three criteria to estimate effectiveness of choice. Soc Sci Med. 2007;64(4):884-896. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.032
  8. Schindler M, Danis M, Goold SD, Hurst SA. Solidarity and cost management: Swiss citizens' reasons for priorities regarding health insurance coverage. Health Expect. 2018;21(5):858-869. doi:10.1111/hex.12680
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 8, Issue 4
April 2019
Pages 250-252

  • Received Date 07 November 2018
  • Revised Date 15 November 2018
  • Accepted Date 17 November 2018
  • First Published Date 01 April 2019
  • Published Date 01 April 2019