Health Foundation, London School of Economics
- Star is a new approach to priority setting, to help commissioners and those planning services to allocate their health resources to benefit patients in their community, combining technical value for money analysis with extensive stakeholder engagement and discussion.
- Star combines value for money analysis with stakeholder engagement, where an Excel-based tool is used alongside a facilitated stakeholder workshop.
- The Excel-based Star tool enables users to compare the relative value for money of healthcare interventions through simple 'value triangles' graphics. These show the ratio of costs to benefit, taking account of individual patient benefit and population health gain. The use of simple 'value triangles' enables all stakeholders to take part in structured discussions about resource allocation
