Table of contents - Special Issue: Improving equitable access to health care through increasing patient and public involvement in prioritisation decisions
Guest Editors: Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns and Albert Weale
Introduction: priority setting, equitable access and public involvement in health care
Albert Weale, Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns, Aviva Tugendhaft, Emma Tumilty, Krisantha Weerasuriya, Jennifer A WhittyThe purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on improving equitable access to health care through increased public and patient involvement (PPI) in prioritization…
Patterns of public participation: Opportunity structures and mobilization from a cross-national perspective
Jean Slutsky, Emma Tumilty, Catherine Max, Lanting Lu, Sripen Tantivess, Renata Curi Hauegen, Jennifer A Whitty, Albert Weale, Steven D Pearson, Aviva Tugendhaft, Hufeng Wang, Sophie Staniszewska, Krisantha Weerasuriya, Jeonghoon Ahn, Leonardo CubillosThe 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…
Public participation in decision-making on the coverage of new antivirals for hepatitis C
Katharina Kieslich, Jeonghoon Ahn, Gabriele Badano, Kalipso Chalkidou, Leonardo Cubillos, Renata Curi Hauegen, Chris Henshall, Carleigh B Krubiner, Peter Littlejohns, Lanting Lu, Steven D Pearson, Annette Rid, Jennifer A Whitty, James WilsonNew hepatitis C medicines such as sofosbuvir underline the need to balance considerations of innovation, clinical evidence, budget impact and equity in health priority-setting…
Between consensus and contestation
Albert WealeNoting that discussions of public participation and priority setting typically presuppose certain political theories of democracy, the purpose of this paper is to discuss two…
Public involvement in health priority setting: future challenges for policy, research and society
David James Hunter, Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns, Sophie Staniszewska, Emma Tumilty, Albert Weale, Iestyn WilliamsThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on the findings of this special issue and discusses the future challenges for policy, research and society. The findings suggest that…
