The ASSET age/sex weightings should be used as a guide, not as the ultimate determinant, for an equitable allocation of prescribing resources to regional authorities and general practices.
Robust health resource tracking has been highlighted as a central element that serves a) to improve the efficient and equitable allocation of resources, b) to assess the adequacy of current funding levels, c) to promote accountability and transparency, and d) for use as an advocacy tool [ 15– 17].
Dr. Sternberg said that in her year and a half as superintendent, she had "looked very carefully at issues of equitable allocation of resources" and that Hamilton Avenue had "received more resources because they have greater needs than other communities".
An appropriate budgeting mechanism needs to be explored to ensure equitable allocation of resources and successful integration as in the case of SC.
Rather than take a holistic approach to the educational challenges of these communities, rather than mandating smaller class size, the equitable allocation of resources and other changes that would do immediate good, test-pushing pols seek to punish convenient scapegoats, start over and change nothing.
In reality, efficiency is often traded off in health services to achieve more equitable allocation of resources [ 11, 48].
Economic models can be used to test a wide range of scenarios and strategies to identify the most efficient and equitable allocation of resources [ 21].
10 Service Improvement 10.1 Did you expect your research findings to lead to more equitable allocation of resources, better targeting of services or improved access to services?
10.2 Did your research findings lead to more equitable allocation of resources, better targeting of services or improved access to services?
Thus, priority-setting necessarily implies a degree of trading-off between different health system goals, such that the most equitable allocation of resources is highly unlikely to be the most efficient allocation.
