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  • Title: Priority setting in health care using multi-attribute utility theory and programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA).
    Author: Peacock SJ, Richardson JR, Carter R, Edwards D.
    Journal: Soc Sci Med; 2007 Feb; 64(4):897-910. PubMed ID: 17141930.
    Abstract:
    Programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) is becoming an increasingly popular tool in setting health service priorities. This paper presents a novel multi-attribute utility (MAU) approach to setting health service priorities using PBMA. This approach includes identifying the attributes of the MAU function; describing and scaling attributes; quantifying trade-offs between attributes; and combining single conditional utility functions into the MAU function. We illustrate the MAU approach using a PBMA case study in mental health services from the Community Health Sector in metropolitan South Australia.
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