title: Priority setting in Ontario's LHINs: ethics and economics in action.
abstract: Healthcare organizations the world over are faced with having to set priorities and allocate resources within the constraint of a fixed envelope of funding. Drawing on economic principles of value for money and ethical principles of fair process, a priority setting framework was developed for Ontario's local health integration networks (LHINs) in late 2007 and early 2008. Subsequently, over an 18-month period, the framework was piloted in three LHINs. In this article, the framework and pilot implementations are described, results from a formal evaluation are outlined and recommendations for future use are highlighted.
authors: Joint Centre for Bioethics and the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. jennifer.gibson@utoronto.ca
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Gibson
authors: Craig
authors: C
authors: Mitton
authors: Gwen
authors: G
authors: DuBois-Wing
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009864:Ontario; D011050:Policy Making; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation