title: Evidence, economics and ethics: resource allocation in health services organizations.
abstract: Priority setting is a challenge for health services organizations across health systems. Because demand for health services exceeds available resources, health services priorities must be set to ensure resources are used appropriately to meet the community's health needs. Various approaches have been developed to assist decision-makers to set priorities in their organizations. The dominant approaches come from evidence-based medicine, economics and ethics.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Ontario, Canada. jennifer.gibson@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Douglas K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006292:Health Priorities; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D009313:National Health Programs; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics*