I will be doing a study where I will compare the health policies of two countries. Is normative comparison a good way to go about it? If not how can I analyse my data?
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Lavinia
As far as I know, normative comparisons are used for analysing therapeutic interventions.
The comparison will have to be based on indicators that are relevant to the policies. Normative comparison is used for clinical settings where it is compared with a normal group. I think you can derive indicators with expert opinion and compare them among the two policy settings expected to study.
I think the normative comparative method is not appropriate to compare health policies in two countries because these are not standard and are based on prevailing economic and social conditions of a country. Health policies are designed to address the health needs of a country or burden of disease.
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