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Future states: the axioms underlying prospective, future-oriented, health planning instruments
1Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. tokoch@attglobal.net
Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|May 2, 2001
Summary
This study questions the foundational assumptions of health planning tools like Quality of Life Instruments and Advance Directives. Results suggest current axioms may not accurately predict future health decisions.
Area of Science:
- Health Economics
- Bioethics
- Health Policy
Background:
- Proscriptive planning tools are essential for health economics and individual decision-making.
- Instruments like Quality of Life (QoL) Instruments and Advance Directives (ADs) predict future actions based on current knowledge.
- The underlying axiomatic assumptions of these tools have not been rigorously examined.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and analyze five core axioms underpinning future-oriented health planning instruments.
- To critique these axioms using empirical data.
Main Methods:
- Identification of five key axioms common to proscriptive health planning instruments.
- Critique of these axioms through a pre-test survey.
- Analysis of survey data to evaluate the validity of the identified axioms.
Main Results:
- The study identified a set of five axioms underlying health planning instruments.
- Empirical data from a pre-test survey was used to critique these axioms.
- Results indicate potential challenges to the validity of the axioms used in current proscriptive planning instruments.
Conclusions:
- The validity of the foundational axioms for proscriptive health planning instruments requires further investigation.
- Rethinking the axiomatic basis of QoL Instruments and ADs may be necessary.
- Future research should focus on developing and validating more robust planning instruments.