Age-based rationing in the allocation of health care.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:This article seeks to review debates about age-based rationing in health care. METHODS:The article identifies four different levels (or types) of decision-making in health resources allocation--societal, strategic, programmatic, and clinical--and assesses how the issues of rationing vary in relation to each level. RESULTS:The article concludes that rationing is least defensible at the clinical level, where it is also most covert. The role of rationing at other levels is more defensible when based on grounds of cost-effectiveness rather than equity. The article emphasizes the importance of fairness in health allocation and suggests that efficiency criteria need to be considered in that context. DISCUSSION:The article suggests that rationing is most problematic where it is least overt. This raises further questions about how rationing can be made more explicit at different levels of decision making.

journal_name

J Aging Health

authors

Dey I,Fraser N

doi

10.1177/089826430001200404

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-11-01 00:00:00

pages

511-37

issue

4

eissn

0898-2643

issn

1552-6887

journal_volume

12

pub_type

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