This is a quasi-experimental, proof-of-principle prospective trial comparing an intervention area in the south of the city, to the non-intervention remainder of the city.
In contrast, the principle of prospective health bases equity weights on the expected QALY profile of a person in the case of no treatment.
In principle, a prospective randomised controlled trial would have been a superior study design to answer this study's research question.
However, group B consists of younger persons who, consequently, have enjoyed fewer QALYs than persons in group A. Adhering to the equity principle of prospective health, group A would have priority because they face immediate death.
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the first "prince of the faithful" in the Islamic State of Iraq, in 2006 formulated, for instance, the principles of his prospective state..
By applying the same principle, that is, a prospective randomized trial in a blind fashion, we were able to demonstrate that freezing raw fish would not ruin sushi's taste.
The high accuracy (100%) of our test in surgical samples is encouraging in this limited proof of principle study, but a prospective collection of additional larger numbers of tissue specimens will be necessary before determining whether this approach should be used in a clinical setting.
As highlighted by the fair innings and prospective health principles, not all consequences of the proportional shortfall principle may be in line with common conceptions of an equitable distribution of health care.
To this end, we next discuss the well-known principles of fair innings and prospective health, followed by discussion of the principle selected in the Dutch context, proportional shortfall.
While not proven by randomised prospective trials, this principle has been used in our practice for more than 20 years, and we were able to show an improved outcome on follow-up when compared with the natural history [ 23].
