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Uncomfortable trade-offs: Canadian policy makers’ perspectives on setting objectives for their health systems

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  • Abelson, Julia
  • Allin, Sara
  • Grignon, Michel
  • Pasic, Dianna
  • Walli-Attaei, Marjan

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Although a wide range of health system performance indicators are commonly reported on, there has been little effort to establish their relevance to the objectives that health systems actually pursue.

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  • Abelson, Julia & Allin, Sara & Grignon, Michel & Pasic, Dianna & Walli-Attaei, Marjan, 2017. "Uncomfortable trade-offs: Canadian policy makers’ perspectives on setting objectives for their health systems," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(1), pages 9-16.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:121:y:2017:i:1:p:9-16
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.10.007
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