Skip to main content

View full-text article in PMC

. 2009 Mar 23;12(2):187–196. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00523.x

Table 3.

Weighting of criteria for priority setting according to the number of respondents in agreement

	Patient‐related criteria	Disease‐related criteria	Society‐related criteria
High weight (>66% agreed)		Life‐threatening condition (71%)
High weight (>66% agreed)		Benefit of treatment (68%)
Average weight (33–66%agreed)	Age (49%)	Severity of the disease (62%)	Equity of access (53%)
Average weight (33–66%agreed)	Age (49%)	Treatment costs (36%)	Equity of access (53%)
Low weight (<33% agreed)	Gender (6%)		Political views (2%)
	Socio‐economic status (32%)
	Power and influence (13%)
	Responsibility (19%)
	Religion (3%)