Table 1 Schematic description of the key criteria to be considered in priority setting.
From: Priority setting in primary health care - dilemmas and opportunities: a focus group study
Severity of the health condition | Patient benefit | Cost-effectiveness of the intervention |
|---|---|---|
Current health condition | Effects on current health condition | Direct costs |
- suffering | - suffering | - health service interventions, |
- functional impairment | - functional impairment | - other measures, e.g. travel |
- quality of life | - quality of life | |
Risk of | Effects on risk | Indirect costs |
- premature death | - premature death | |
- disability/continued suffering | - disability/continued suffering | |
- lower quality of life | - lower quality of life | |
Risk of side effects and severe complications from intervention ... in relation to the benefit of the intervention |