policy decision
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policy
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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decision
noun
uk/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofpolicyanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Far-reaching consequences have been ascribed to apolicydecisionthat remains undocumented except for hearsay evidence in the popular conversation that surrounded the trials.
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We have tried to demonstrate that no single review can provide a definitive 'answer' to support apolicydecision.
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Thereafter, the government made apolicydecisionto ban antipartition meetings on the strength of their political import alone.
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At the moment, thepolicydecisionin the shortterm is less clear: currently, there is uncertainty in model effectiveness and costs inputs.
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A number of inferences emerge from thispolicydecision.
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Apolicydecisionon what should be done requires far more than an objective analysis of the evidence.
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The results of such trials are key bases of the final coverage policy decisions made by healthpolicydecisionmakers.
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In many cases a technology assessment study might lead to apolicydecisionon the macro-level and, at the same time, to a clinical guideline.
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This is the actual setting in whichpolicydecision-making is made in practice.
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This was an importantpolicydecisionwhich will be taken up below when we calculate some empirical magnitudes.
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It must, therefore, be based on some kind ofpolicydecision.
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Utilitarians identify an objective standard for calculating outcomes and employ that standard inpolicydecision.
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In the summative passages of the typical systematic review, the evidence becomes thepolicydecision.
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Anypolicydecisioninvolves trade-offs between competing values and economic analysis can help clarify those trade-offs.
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This forecast helped deflect, at least momentarily, the sharp criticism directed at itspolicydecision.
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These and other instances reflect a simplistic view of thepolicydecisionprocess, one that ignores the dimension of power.
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This was particularly important at community advisory committee meetings, whichpolicydecision-makers, administrators, low-income people, and researchers attended.
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The working assumption is that the review will somehow unmask the truth and shed direct light on a tangiblepolicydecision.
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Of course, government must consider the repercussions of everypolicydecisionit makes.
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The bootstrapping technique generates a distribution of cost-effectiveness data, which can enable statistical inference and be more informative topolicydecisionmakers.
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Thepolicydecisionto continue to restrict dissemination of this technology was justified transparently to decision makers, physicians, and patients.
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