Participation in health care priority-setting through the eyes of the participants

@article{Martin2002ParticipationIH,
  title={Participation in health care priority-setting through the eyes of the participants},
  author={Douglas K. Martin and Julia Abelson and Peter A. Singer},
  journal={Journal of Health Services Research and Policy},
  year={2002},
  volume={7},
  pages={222 - 229}
}
Objectives: The literature on participation in priority-setting has three key gaps: it focuses on techniques for obtaining public input into priority-setting that are consultative mechanisms and do not involve the public directly in decision-making; it focuses primarily on the public's role in priority-setting, not on all potential participants; and the range of roles that various participants play in a group making priority decisions has not been described. To begin addressing these gaps, we… 
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