Rationing cancer treatment: a qualitative study of perceptions of legitimate limit-setting

Abstract Background Governments are facing tough choices about whether to fund new, promising but highly expensive drugs within the public healthcare system. Decisions that some drugs are not sufficiently beneficial relative to their cost to merit public funding are often contentious. The importance...

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Main Authors: Eli Feiring, Hege Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3137-3