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Health care rationing [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1996
Abstract Objective : To elicit the views of a large nationally representative sample of adults on priorities for health services. Design : An interview survey based on a random sample of people aged 16 and over in ...
openaire   +3 more sources

"Saying no is no easy matter" A qualitative study of competing concerns in rationing decisions in general practice

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2005
Background The general practitioner in Norway is expected to ensure equity and effectiveness through fair rationing. At the same time, due to recent reforms of the Norwegian health care sector, both the role of economic incentives and patient autonomy ...
Norheim Ole, Carlsen Benedicte
doaj   +1 more source

When rationing becomes inevitable in a pandemic: A discussion on the ethical considerations from a public health perspective

open access: yesPublic Health in Practice, 2022
Objectives: Coronavirus Disease 2019 has presented extreme difficulties to healthcare resource allocation worldwide. Health resources, particularly during a pandemic, are limited even in developed countries.
Yuk-Chiu Yip, Ka-Huen Yip, Wai-King Tsui
doaj   +1 more source

Rationing for medicines by health care providers in Indonesia National Health Insurance System at hospital setting: a qualitative study

open access: yesJournal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2019
Background Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Indonesia is planned to be fully implemented in 2019 through the National Health Insurance (NHI) launched in January 2014.
Endang Yuniarti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inverse Vulcanization Through Epoxide Chemistry: A Low Temperature Non‐Olefin Route to Sulfur‐Rich Polymer Networks

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
Epoxide monomers undergo base‐catalyzed ring‐opening copolymerization with elemental sulfur to afford sulfur‐rich polymers under mild conditions. The resulting materials exhibit excellent mechanical performance, strong adhesion (up to 10 MPa on stainless steel), and outstanding reprocessability.
Pan Yang   +5 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Ethical Issues in COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesHospital Practices and Research, 2020
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) is the most current life-threating disease that affect health and economic sectors in the world. This pandemic raises weighty and urgent ethical issues that affected patients, health care provider and health ...
Mohsen Saberi Isfeedvajani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Prospective Determination of the Incidence of Perceived Inappropriate Care in Critically Ill Patients

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 2014
BACKGROUND: Health care providers’ perceptions regarding appropriateness in end-of-life treatments have been widely studied. While nurses and physicians believe that rationing and other cost-related practices sometimes occur in the intensive care unit ...
Rohit K Singal   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Preoperative Oxford Hip and Knee Score and Change in Health-Related Quality of Life After Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Can It Help Inform Rationing Decisions?

open access: yesArthroplasty Today, 2020
Background: In countries with publicly funded health care, there is an increasing need for explicit rationing for total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The Oxford Hip and Knee Scores (OHS/OKS) have been used to set access thresholds for TJA despite not being ...
David P. Gwynne-Jones, MA, BM, BCh, FRCS, FRACS (Orth)   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19: instruments for the allocation of mechanical ventilators—a narrative review

open access: yesCritical Care, 2020
After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, the elaboration of comprehensive and preventive public policies became important in order to stop the spread of the disease.
Marcelo José dos Santos   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Priorities Towards Fair Allocation of Ventilators During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Delphi Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundCOVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe shortage in vital resources, including invasive mechanical ventilators. The current imbalance between demand and supply of mechanical ventilators has called for investigations on the fair allocation of ...
Seyyed-Hadi Ghamari   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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