Economic Decision Making in Complex Health Systems

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The aim of this research study is to ascertain how decision makers in complex systems make decisions, what tools and/or methods they use in their daily practice, and what factors influence their decision making. The study also aims to explore whether economic evaluations are used by healthcare decision makers.

1. To identify the current awareness of economic evaluation information and resource allocation decision-making among key health care decision makers at different levels of Australia’s health care system.

2. To explore the way in which economic evaluation information is being used by key health care decision makers at different levels of Australia’s health care system.

3. To identify factors encouraging/discouraging the use of economic evaluation information as perceived by decision makers at different levels of Australia’s health care system.

4. To identify dimensions of health economics evaluations that are used by Australia’s health care decision makers.

5. To explore the reasons for improving resource allocation decision-making given by Australia’s health care decision makers.

6. To explore the relationship between economic evaluation and resource allocation decision making among decision makers at different levels of Australia’s health care system.

7. To identify factors enhancing/limiting the resource allocation decision making process at different levels of Australia’s health care system.

8. To compare the perspective of participants at different levels of Australia’s health care system about resource allocation decision making background and economic evaluation information.

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