From: Setting priorities in health care organizations: criteria, processes, and parameters of success
Outcome parameters | Process parameters |
Effect on organizational priorities and budget | Efficiency of priority setting process |
• Priorities change; resource shift | • Increased ease in allocating resources |
• Strategic plan supported/enhanced | • Improved capacity for making priority setting decisions |
• Conditions for growth created/enhanced | • Perceived return on time invested |
• Budget balanced |  |
Effect on staff | Fairness |
• Staff satisfaction neutral or positive | • Stakeholders understand the process |
• Staff retention/recruitment neutral or positive | • Stakeholders feel engaged |
• Organizational understanding improved | • Priorities are justified and seen to be reasonable |
 | • Process is perceived to be consistent and fair |
 | • Winners/losers issue well-managed |
Effect on community | Conformity with conditions of 'accountability for reasonableness'? |
• Public media recognition neutral or positive |  |
• Public acceptance or community support improved |  |
• Public perception of institutional accountability improved |  |
• Health care integration through partnerships increased |  |
• Education/research peer recognition enhanced |  |
• Emulated by other organizations |  |