“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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Main Authors: Mille Sofie Stenmarck, David GT Whitehurst, Hilde Lurås, Jorun Rugkåsa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10892-6