Priority-Setting

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Health Technology Assessment in the Americas

Amanda Glassman
and
Kate McQueston
November 06, 2012
This is a joint post with Kate McQueston. "Every country, no matter how wealthy or how impoverished, cannot afford to waste money in healthcare on health technology that does not contribute to health." These words were spoken by Harvey V. Fineberg, the President of the Institute of Med...
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A $400,000 Drug and Why It Matters for Global Health
Amanda Glassman
September 25, 2012
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Priority Setting in Health: Building Institutions for Smarter Public Spending — Amanda Glassman
June 11, 2012
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Priority-Setting in Health: Building Institutions for Smarter Public Spending (CGD Brief)
Amanda Glassman
and
Kalipso Chalkidou
June 04, 2012
Decisions about which type of patients receive what interventions, when, and at what cost often result from ad hoc, nontransparent processes driven more by inertia and interest groups than by science, ethics, and the public interest. Reallocating a portion of public and donor monies toward the most ...