Efficiency and equity considerations in the preferences of health policy-makers in Israel

Abstract Background There is a traditional tension in public policy between the maximization of welfare from given resources (efficiency) and considerations related to the distribution of welfare among the population and to social justice (equity). The aim of this paper is to measure the relative we...

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Main Authors: Amir Shmueli, Ofra Golan, Francesco Paolucci, Emmanouil Mentzakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-017-0142-7