Publications by authors named "Catherine Max"
Article Synopsis
- Health technology assessment (HTA) relies on value-based reasoning that combines ethical considerations with empirical evidence, but its current language is unclear and inconsistent, leading to transparency issues.
- A group of 24 researchers proposes a new framework to clarify key terms and types of normative commitments in HTA, improving the decision-making process for practitioners and policymakers.
- The framework aims to foster better public reasoning and accountability, ensuring that health decisions are made transparently and can be ethically evaluated.
One rationale policy-makers sometimes give for declining to fund a service or intervention is on the grounds that it would be 'unaffordable', which is to say, that the total cost of providing the service or intervention for all eligible recipients would exceed the budget limit. But does the mere fact that a service or intervention is unaffordable present a reason to fund it? Thus far, the philosophical literature has remained largely silent on this issue. However, in this article, we consider this kind of thinking in depth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose - The paper summarizes data from 12 countries, chosen to exhibit wide variation, on the role and place of public participation in the setting of priorities. The purpose of this paper is to exhibit cross-national patterns in respect of public participation, linking those differences to institutional features of the countries concerned. Design/methodology/approach - The approach is an example of case-orientated qualitative assessment of participation practices.
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