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Table 1 Criteria descriptions

From: Public preferences regarding the priority setting criteria of health interventions for budget allocation: results of a survey of Iranian adults

 

Criteria

Description

1

Disease severity

The fatality and disability level of the disease

2

Age (Children or Adults)

The age range of patients using the intervention (children or adults)

3

Daily care Needs

Does the patient need daily care from family members or nurses?

4

Access to Alternative Interventions

The number of medicines or alternative interventions available to treat a given disease

5

Individual’s Economic status

The disease is more prevalent among the poorer groups of society or groups with good economic status

6

Population Size (Common or Rare Diseases)

The number of patients who need specific intervention to treat the disease

7

Diseases with absence from work

The impact of illness on absenteeism of working patients

8

Lifestyle-related diseases

To what extent people’s unhealthy lifestyle caused the disease