Priority Setting: Right Answer to a Far Too Narrow Question?; Comment on “Global Developments in Priority Setting in Health”

Schrecker, Ted

Abstract

In their recent editorial, Baltussen and colleagues provide a concise summary of the prevailing discourse on priority-setting in health policy. Their perspective is entirely consistent with current practice, yet they unintentionally demonstrate the narrowness and moral precariousness of that discourse and practice. I respond with demonstrations of the importance of ‘interrogating scarcity’ in a variety of contexts.

Citation

Schrecker, T. (2018). Priority Setting: Right Answer to a Far Too Narrow Question?; Comment on “Global Developments in Priority Setting in Health”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7(1), 86-88. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.66

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 23, 2017
• Online Publication Date: May 30, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 17, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 18, 2017
• Journal: International Journal of Health Policy and Management
• Print ISSN: 2322-5939
• Publisher: Kerman University of Medical Sciences
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 86-88
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.66