“It’s hard to say anything definitive about what severity really is”: lay conceptualisations of severity in a healthcare context
Abstract Background Demand for healthcare outweighs available resources, making priority setting a critical issue. ‘Severity’ is a priority-setting criterion in many healthcare systems, including in Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. However, there is a lack of consensus on wha...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-04-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10892-6 |