Current evaluation practices involving resource allocation processes in Canadian healthcare organizations: a survey of senior managers

Neale Smith*, Craig Mitton, Cam Donaldson, Stirling Bryan, Stuart Peacock

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Abstract

Resource allocation is a key function of senior leadership teams within healthcare organizations. Academic support of this function has traditionally focused on constructing tools to make decisions more formalized, and much less attention has been paid to understanding resource allocation as a management process. In particular, evaluation has been a missing aspect. The authors conducted a pan-Canadian survey of senior managers within the healthcare system. This survey included questions related to formal evaluation of their resource allocation processes and outcomes. We use these data to shed some light upon the state of priority-setting practice in Canada at the present time.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-20
Number of pages20
JournalCanadian Journal of Program Evaluation
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Apr 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Library and Information Sciences

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