title: Prioritization of health care services. A progress report by the Oregon Health Services Commission.
abstract: The Oregon Health Services Commission is composed of a group of 11 consumers and health care professionals. It was appointed by the governor as required by the "Oregon Basic Health Services Act" to produce a prioritized list of health services ranked on the basis of their relative importance to populations served. Following actuarial analysis, the legislature will determine the extent to which the "list" of services can be funded to provide health care access for Medicaid recipients earning up to the 100th percentile of the federal poverty level. Prioritization will be based on a cost-benefit formula applied to each treatment/condition unit and assignment of each of these to a general category, which itself has been ranked on the basis of "public value."
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health Services Commission, Salem 97310.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Klevit
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Castanares
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Sipes-Metzler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wopat
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D003256:Community Participation; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000145:classification*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008722:Methods; D009922:Oregon; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012945:Social Values; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States