Table 3 The overall weights of the efficiency and equity criteria in selected groups of Israeli health policy-makers
From: Efficiency and equity considerations in the preferences of health policy-makers in Israel
Number of respondents | International study definitions | Alternative definitionsa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equity weight | Efficiency weight | Total | Equity weight | Efficiency weight | Total | ||
Age above 65 | 11 | 55% | 45% | 100% | 38% | 62% | 100% |
Age below 65 | 29 | 54% | 46% | 100% | 38% | 62% | 100% |
P* | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.89 | 0.89 | |||
Physician | 25 | 56% | 44% | 100% | 40% | 60% | 100% |
Not physician | 15 | 51% | 49% | 100% | 36% | 64% | 100% |
P* | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.26 | |||
Served on the Basket Committee | 11 | 49% | 51% | 100% | 34% | 66% | 100% |
Never did | 29 | 56% | 44% | 100% | 40% | 60% | 100% |
P* | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |||
Respondents who answered the demographic questionnaire | 40 | 54% | 46% | 100% | 38% | 62% | 100% |
Respondents who did not answered the demographic questionnaire | 25 | 53% | 47% | 100% | 42% | 58% | 100% |
P* | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.07 | 0.07 | |||
Total | 65 | 54% | 46% | 100% | 40% | 60% | 100% |