Titre :
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On the relevance of personal characteristics in setting health priorities : a comment on Olsen, Richardson, Dolan and Menzel (2003). Author's reply. (2005)
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Auteurs :
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MORTIMER (Duncan) : AUS. Centre for Health Economics. Faculty of Business and Economics. Monash University. West Heidelberg Victoria. ;
DOLAN (Paul) : GBR. Sheffield Health Economics Group. University of Sheffield. ;
MENZEL (Paul) : USA. Pacific Lutheran University. Tacoma. WA. ;
OLSEN (Jan-Abel) : NOR. Department of Economics. Institute of Community Medicine. University of Tromso. Tromso. ;
RICHARDSON (Jeff) : AUS. Centre for Health Program Evaluation. Monash University. Vic. ;
University of Oslo. Health Economics Research programme. (H.E.R.O.). NOR
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 60, n° 8, 2005)
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Pagination :
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1661-1666
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Soins
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Modèle
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Ethique
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Homme
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Politique santé
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS OW0xJR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper revisits a number of findings in empirical ethics and public choice to consider the sort of preferences that arise when individuals engage in priority setting. Specifically, the normative authority of votes and ranks is questioned because very little of any consequence hangs on the decision to vote one way rather than another. An individual may be in the possession of well-held views as to the form of the social welfare function but express voting preferences based on entirely different objectives. The relevance (moral or otherwise) of personal characteristics when setting health care priorities is therefore reconsidered, taking appropriate account of incentive structures and the nature of voting preferences.
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