Setting limits fairly : can we learn to share medical resources? / Norman Daniels, James E. Sabin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniels, Norman, 1942-

Contributor:

Sabin, James E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Medical economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Medical economics.

Right to health.

Health Care Rationing.

Delivery of Health Care.

Health Care Costs.

Health Care Economics and Organizations.

Health Care Reform.

Medical Subjects:

Health Care Rationing.

Delivery of Health Care.

Health Care Costs.

Health Care Economics and Organizations.

Health Care Reform.

Physical Description:

xi, 191 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

The central idea for this book is that we lack consensus on principles for allocating resources and in the absence of such a consensus we must rely on a fair decision-making process for setting limits on health care. The authors characterize key elements of this process in a variety of health care contexts where such decisions are made- decisions about insurance coverage for new technologies, pharmacy benefit management, the design of physician incentives, contracting for mental health care by public agencies, etc.- and they connect the problem in the U.S. with the same problem in other countries. They provide a cogent analysis of the current situation, lucidly review the usual candidate solutions, and describe their own approach, which represents a clear advance in thinking. Their intended audience is international since the problem of limits cuts across types of health care systems whether or not they have universal coverage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index.

ISBN:

019514936X

OCLC:

47863252