title: Eliciting reasons: empirical methods in priority setting.
abstract: In this paper I review empirical methods applied in recent analysis of decision-making on priorities in health care. I outline a number of discrete methods and discuss their applicability and efficacy in the field of bioethics. Three key methodological issues seem to be important: choice of subject group; choice of approach and the extent of background information given to respondents. I conclude that a combination method is needed to give a comprehensive representation of values in priority setting and thus to meet the overall objectives of empirical ethics.
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D003657:Decision Making; D036262:Empirical Research; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D006292:Health Priorities; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Analytical Approach; Empirical Approach; Health Care and Public Health