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标题：Decision-makers’ acquaintance with the public’s priorities in health services
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作者：Giora Kaplan ; Orna Baron-Epel
期刊名称：Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
印刷版ISSN：2045-4015
电子版ISSN：2045-4015
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：1
页码：32
DOI：10.1186/s13584-016-0081-8
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Decision makers often assume they know the public’s standpoints and see themselves as capable of representing them. The aim of this study is to assess the level of acquaintance that senior decision-makers in the Israeli health system have concerning the priorities of the public in whose name they act. A phone survey was conducted with a representative population sample and face-to-face interviews were conducted with senior decision-makers. The decision-makers did predict correctly the public’s desired level of government involvement in health care; but only some of them correctly predicted the public’s preferences on allocation of funds—to health versus other areas. They had difficulty foreseeing public priorities for allocating additional monies to health, and even greater difficulty ascertaining preferences of the public for their own health insurance. Government decision-making processes should include evidence about public preferences. The findings of this study indicate that decision makers need to be provided with reliable, systematic information on public preferences.
关键词：Health priorities ; Consultation with the public ; Health rationing ; Decision-makers opinion ; Public opinion