How policy informs the evidence
BMJPublished 26 May 2001Open access
Arminée Kazanjian
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The aim of decision making in health care should be to achieve not equal health standards but good health for all population groups–or, to put it another way, the best care for the greatest number of people.
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Social SciencesHealth ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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